Place Dinton Post-grouping Southern Railway 7 March 1966 Closed for passengers | Area Wiltshire 1859 Opened Platforms in use 2 | |
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Pre-grouping London and South Western Railway Original company Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Similar Bromham and Rowde Halt railw, Oaksey Halt railway st, Woodborough railway station, Hannington railway station, Heytesbury railway station | ||
Dinton railway station is a disused railway station which formerly served Dinton in Wiltshire, England. It was situated on the West of England Main Line from London Waterloo station to Exeter. It was opened in 1859 and closed to passengers in 1966 and to general goods traffic in 1967. In the First World War, it was the junction for the Fovant Military Railway. The station was about ½ mile from the centre of the village.
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History
The station was opened on 2 May 1859 by the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway, which became part of the London and South Western Railway in 1878. In the 1923 grouping the L&SWR became part of the Southern Railway, but in 1948 nationalisation it was transferred to British Railways Southern Region and in 1963 to BR Western Region. BR withdrew local passenger trains and closed the station on 7 March 1966, although goods traffic continued until 18 April 1967.
Following closure, several sidings were retained for access to the various Ministry of Defence depots nearby, together with a section of the former up line westwards to a depot at Chilmark. These were taken out of use in 1994 and most of the track has been removed. The former Up platform remains in existence, complete with the station buildings, which are now a private residence. The Waterloo to Exeter route is now a single line through Dinton, with Tisbury being the nearest station.
Services
The station was served by trains on the London Waterloo to Exeter line.
Fovant Military Railway
During the First World War, several military camps were built to the south of Dinton covering an area from Compton Chamberlayne to Sutton Mandeville, centred on Fovant on the A30 road. In 1915, a railway was built from Dinton station to the camps at Fovant; the line was two and a half miles in length and had a ruling gradient of 1 in 35. It was opened on 15 October 1915 and closed on 18 December 1920, although it was re-opened the following year, to assist in the removal of the camps, and was finally closed in 1924.