Bailey Gate railway station
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Bailey Gate | |
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Dorset Central Railway | |
| Pre-grouping | Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway |
| Post-grouping |
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| Key dates | |
| 1 November 1860 | Opened (Sturminster Marshall) |
| 31 August 1863 | Renamed (Bailey Gate) |
| 7 March 1966 | Closed |
Bailey Gate railway station was on the
.Usage
The station served the United Dairies cheese factory and the village of Sturminster Marshall but was named after a local farm to avoid confusion with another station on the same railway at Sturminster Newton.
The station had extensive sidings and was one of the largest depots for transporting milk on the UK railway system. Milk was carried in
Buildings
The station consisted of three buildings, a Waiting Room/Ticket Office, a small shed for the lamps on the downside and a signalbox on the upside, behind the station were the sidings for transhipment. Access to the station from the west was via a small path that ran down from the slope of the bridge, which took the user to the up platform where, to gain access to the station buildings, one had to cross the railway lines via a small wooden crossing next to the bridge. Access from the east was via the main entrance to the goods sidings down the slope and around the side of the station via a gateway.
Closure
The station closed with the railway under the
There is now an industrial estate off the A350 road called "Bailie Gate" at the site.
References
Bibliography
- OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. OCLC 228266687.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. OCLC 22311137.
External links
- Bailey Gate Station map Ordnance Survey
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Corfe Mullen Line and station closed |
Spetisbury Line and station closed | |||
| Wimborne Line and station closed |
50°47′42″N 2°04′25″W / 50.79504°N 2.07373°W
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