Breamore railway station

Breamore railway station was a railway station in the Avon Valley at the village of Breamore, Hampshire, England. The station was built for the Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway and opened in 1866. It was served by trains between Salisbury in Wiltshire and West Moors in Hampshire. British Railways closed the station and the line on 2 May 1964.

Breamore
Former station platform
Location
Place	Breamore
Area	New Forest
Grid reference	SU160177
Operations
Pre-grouping	Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
20 December 1866	Opened
4 May 1964	Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

The station has survived intact, and in recent years has been refurbished. Five affordable homes were built for the Hampshire Alliance for Rural Affordable Housing (HARAH) on one of the disused platforms, being completed in December 2012.[1]

A 2-mile section of the disused railway line which passes through the station has been converted into a footpath [2]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Downton		British Rail Southern Region Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway		Fordingbridge

Further reading

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.

References

1. "Breamore Halt, Breamore". HARAH. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
2. "Old railway line at Breamore now open for walkers" (PDF).

External links

• "Breamore". Subterranea Britannica.