Fordingbridge railway station

{{Short description|Disused railway station in Hampshire, England}}

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{{Use British English|date=July 2017}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Fordingbridge

| status = Disused

| image = Fordingbridge railway station (postcard).JPG

| borough = Fordingbridge, New Forest

| country = England

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SU135144|25|SU135144}}

| platforms = 2

| pregroup = Salisbury & Dorset Junction Railway
London and South Western Railway

| postgroup = Southern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways

| years = 20 December 1866

| events = Opened

| years2 = 4 May 1964

| events2 = Closed

}}

Fordingbridge was a railway station serving Fordingbridge, a small town in Hampshire. It was one of many casualties of the mass closure of British railway lines in the 1960s and 1970s. The line was officially closed on 4 May 1964, but as there was no Sunday service the last trains ran on the 2nd. It was served by the Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway, a line running north–south, along the River Avon just to the west of the New Forest, connecting Salisbury to the North and Poole to the south, meeting the Southampton and Dorchester Railway at West Moors.

Today, the road leading out of Fordingbridge to Sandleheath village is still called Station Road; however, the spot where the station once stood is now occupied by a large mill and industrial park. Ashford Road is where the railway cottages are, the road joins onto Station Road.

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{{rail line|previous=Breamore|next=Daggons Road|route=British Rail
Southern Region

Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway|col=10971E}}

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Further reading

  • {{cite book|author=R.V.J. Butt |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |year=1995}} {{ISBN|1-85260-508-1}}

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Category:Disused railway stations in Hampshire

Category:Former London and South Western Railway stations

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1866

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964

Category:Beeching closures in England

Category:1866 establishments in England

Category:Fordingbridge

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