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Salisbury and Yeovil Railway

Dates

/ /1847	Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Company formed.
22/07/1848	Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Act passed.
07/08/1854	Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Line re-authorised.
02/05/1859	Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Opened from Salisbury to Gillingham. Salisbury Milford closed and Salisbury Fisherton opened.
07/05/1860	Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Opened from Gillingham to Sherborne.
01/06/1860	Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Opened from Sherborne to Yeovil to meet the Yeovil Branch (Bristol and Exeter Railway).
/ /1878	Salisbury and Yeovil Railway London and South Western Railway Salisbury and Yeovil Railway absorbed by London and South Western Railway.

Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

Salisbury

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Basingstoke Worting Junction to Salisbury (London and South Western Railway)

A none too clean GWR 2-8-0 No 3816 is visiting Salisbury shed from Aberdare on 9 June 1963.
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Colin Kirkwood 09/06/1963

Crew change at Salisbury for a class 33 hauled Waterloo to Exeter service in 1975. DEMU 1131 is on the left. ...
Doug Nicholls /05/1975

12 June 1963 and a smart looking S15 No 30837 is waiting for the road
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Colin Kirkwood 12/06/1963

Rebuilt Merchant Navy No 35006 'Peninsular & Oriental S.N.Co' looks resplendent on 9 June 1963 at Salisbury shed.
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Colin Kirkwood 09/06/1963

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Wilton South

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The former Wilton South station, closed in 1966, on the Salisbury to Exeter line, seen here from a passing UK Railtours' excursion from Waterloo ...
David Bosher 28/06/2014

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Dinton

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A class 50 is about to take a Waterloo to Exeter service through the closed (1966) station at Dinton, west of Salisbury, in May 1985. ...
John McIntyre /05/1985

Looking west over the former Dinton station (closed 1966), on the Salisbury to Exeter main line, in February 1992. While it still appears to be double ...
John McIntyre 27/02/1992

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Tisbury

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50024 arriving at Tisbury, with a Waterloo to Exeter service on 11th October 1986, passing the loop north of the station. ...
Roger Geach 11/10/1986

Tisbury station, looking towards Salisbury in 2010. ...
Roger Geach 30/06/2010

West of Tisbury, near to Wardour Castle, a Class 33 heads an Exeter service through the Nadder Valley on 27 February 1992. ...
John McIntyre 27/02/1992

An Exeter - Waterloo service arrives at Tisbury, Wiltshire in February 1992 behind a class 33 locomotive. ...
John McIntyre 27/02/1992

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Semley

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Gillingham Dorset

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Gillingham (Dorset) signal box, looking west from the station during The Railway Touring Company's 'The End of Southern Steam' railtour, calling and ...
David Bosher 09/07/2023

Gillingham (Dorset), opened in either 1859 or 1860 (authorities vary), on 28th June 2014 during a stop by the return UK Railtours' excursion from ...
David Bosher 28/06/2014

159020 with 159004, during a leg stretch stop at Gillingham (Dorset), with the return UK Railtours' through excursion from Kingswear back to London ...
David Bosher 28/06/2014

Gillingham (Dorset) looking west, on the evening of Saturday, 28th June 2014. Waiting in the down platform are 159020 & 159004, heading in the up ...
David Bosher 28/06/2014

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Templecombe

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Templecombe signal box and station as it was in 1971 ...
Doug Nicholls /02/1971

The splendid 1930s signal box at Templecombe, where the LSWR (right) met a short branch from the S&D (left) - see image 71226. This platform is ...
Ken Strachan 28/07/2012

I always thought the Pines Express was longer (and taller, and wider). Gartell Light Railway No.9 'Jean' has brought a train up from Common Lane to ...
Ken Strachan 27/08/2018

Diesel and steam crossing at Pinesway Junction on the Gartell Light Railway in May 2011. Most of this impressive 2ft gauge line has been laid on ...
Ken Strachan 30/05/2011

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Milbourne Port Halt

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Sherborne

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SWT 159106 stands at Sherborne Station shortly after 10.00 on 12 May with the 09.32 arrival from London Waterloo heading for Exeter St. Davids. This ...
David Pesterfield 12/05/2015

SWT service from Exeter to Waterloo heads east from Sherborne on the double track section to Templecombe on 20 October 2014. ...
John McIntyre 20/10/2014

Looking west along the car park at Sherborne Station on 12 May, with the former goods shed at the far end. A large replica totem shows it is now ...
David Pesterfield 12/05/2015

The station frontage at Sherborne in Dorset on 20 October 2014.
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John McIntyre 20/10/2014

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Yeovil Town

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Yeovil Branch (Bristol and Exeter Railway)

Sadly, the only diesel engines in the vicinity of Yeovil Town depot are now fitted to cars. The depot was on the right beyond the bridge, which ...
Ken Strachan 27/08/2022

Coming or going? Drummond M7 0-4-4T 30129 is the meat in the sandwich at Yeovil Town in the summer of 1960. ...
K A Gray 09/08/1960

Drummond M7 0-4-4-T no 30125 with a branch train at Yeovil Town station in the summer of 1961. ...
K A Gray 19/08/1961

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Salisbury and Yeovil Railway

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Locations along the line

Salisbury

Wilton South

Dinton

Tisbury

Semley

Gillingham Dorset

Templecombe

Milbourne Port Halt

Sherborne

Yeovil Town

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