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Location: Shillingstone, North Dorset, Dorset, South West England, England, United Kingdom

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1. Hod Hill & Hambledon Hill from Sturminster Newton

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3. Mill Lane Bridge – Hodway Lane Trail Intersection loop from Blandford St Mary

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October 20, 2022

The train line was removed in 1966 but this station was left. Volunteers and enthusiasts have worked here since 1997 restoring the station and laying some track in 2008. It's now a mini museum with the restored station and some rolling stock and engines. They plan to extend the track towards Sturminster Newton and eventually run a heritage railway service.

The cafe and shop are open when the station is open, currently Open on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays 10am-4pm.

OhJack

September 18, 2022

Open on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays 10am-4pm

Mike Cree

November 15, 2024

Shillingstone railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR), serving the village of Shillingstone in the English county of Dorset. Shillingstone is the last surviving example of a station built by the Dorset Central Railway (one of the forerunners of the S&DJR).

The station closed in 1966, when services were withdrawn from the S&DJR route. Since 2001, enthusiasts have been working to re-open the station as a heritage railway attraction.[1] The main building has now been renovated, and opened to the public as a museum, shop and refreshment room in 2008.[

The station was opened on 31 August 1863 by the Somerset and Dorset Railway, although planned and designed by one of its two predecessors, the Dorset Central Railway. Initial train services were provided by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR). In 1875, the Midland Railway and the LSWR together took over a joint lease of the line, forming the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

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Location: Shillingstone, North Dorset, Dorset, South West England, England, United Kingdom

Shillingstone Railway Station and Museum

1. Hod Hill & Hambledon Hill from Sturminster Newton

2. Hodway Lane Trail Intersection – Sika Trail loop from Sturminster Newton

3. Mill Lane Bridge – Hodway Lane Trail Intersection loop from Blandford St Mary

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