Southampton and Dorchester Railway






Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.



South West Trains 444034 calls at Dorchester South on 24 October 2014 with a Weymouth to Waterloo service. ...
John McIntyre 24/10/2014
Platform scene at Dorchester South on 24 October 2014 as SWT emu 444004 calls at platform 2 with a Waterloo to Weymouth service. ...
John McIntyre 24/10/2014
Second man's window view at Dorchester South in May 1985 as a Weymouth bound train approaches the station. Note the ex-SR signal box on the right. ...
John McIntyre /05/1985
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A BR Standard 4MT 2-6-0 passing through Moreton station in the mid-1960s. ...
Doug Nicholls //
Departing a few minutes late, SWT unit 444029 leaves Moreton, Dorset, on 21 October 2014 with the 1505 London Waterloo - Weymouth. ...
John McIntyre 21/10/2014
SWT 450020 Heads East towards Brockenhurst with the 0655 ex Weymouth on 30th March 2015. ...
Caleb Abbott 30/03/2015
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South West Trains EMU no. 444015 passes eastbound non-stop through Wool station, Dorset, during the early evening of 21 October 2014 with a Weymouth ...
John McIntyre 21/10/2014
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View of the HST Pines Express / HST Cross Country farewell on a photo stop at Wareham. The main tour comprised a full day outing from Leeds to Swanage ...
Crinan Dunbar 26/09/2023
SWT 444043 'arrives' at Wareham on 19 October 2014. Due to engineering work further west the service had earlier terminated here on the left hand ...
John McIntyre 19/10/2014
SWT 444043 waits to depart from platform 1 at Wareham on 19 October 2014 with a service to Waterloo. As a result of engineering works to the west of ...
John McIntyre 19/10/2014
Swanage Railway service in the main line platform at Wareham with D6515 and 37518 waiting to return to Swanage on 30th August 2017.
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Douglas McPherson 30/08/2017
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A wet day at Hamworthy, looking towards Wareham from the east end of the Weymouth platform. The signalbox is no longer in use. The Hamworthy Goods ...
Mark Bartlett 23/05/2014
SWT 444036 leaves Hamworthy heading for Wareham and Weymouth on 23 May. As the EMU bears right the Hamworthy Goods branch, presently out of use, can ...
Mark Bartlett 23/05/2014
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A colour-light signal can just be seen in this 28th May 2021 view looking north over the mothballed remains of the southern end of the three-mile ...
David Spaven 28/05/2021
No fewer than three tracks are extant on the approaches to the terminus of the mothballed southern end of the Hamworthy Quay freight branch in Poole, ...
David Spaven 28/05/2021
The Hamworthy Goods branch to Poole Harbour has been unused for a number of years but everything remains in situ hoping for new sources of freight ...
Mark Bartlett 22/05/2014
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Holmsley station on the edge of the New Forest looking south east in late July 1971. The station building is on the right and the bridge in the ...
John McIntyre /07/1971
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Exchange of train staff at Lymington Junction in 1975. ...
Doug Nicholls /05/1975
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6050 on the Lymington branch shuttle at Brockenhurst in 1975. ...
Doug Nicholls /05/1975
Brockenhurst station, Hampshire, opened by the Southampton & Dorchester Railway on 1st June 1847, looking west on 23rd May 2015. This is the junction ...
David Bosher 23/05/2015
A train leaving Brockenhurst platform 3 for Weymouth in the summer of 2002. ...
Ian Dinmore 26/07/2002
A sunny sfternoon at Brockenhurst on 26 July 2002, with a service to Lymington Pier boarding at platform 4. ...
Ian Dinmore //
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If you look at a railway map, Redbridge (West of Southampton) may look like a good place to watch both freight and passenger operations. In practice, ...
Ken Strachan 01/08/2013
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Standard Class 4 Mogul No 76057 leaves Southampton Central on 20 September 1966 with a westbound train. This was one of the batch with BR1B tenders, ...
Colin Kirkwood 20/09/1966
158882 pauses at Southampton Central on Sunday 19th August 2018 with a Salisbury to Romsey service. ...
Caleb Abbott 19/08/2018
Steam on the Southern Region has less than a year to run, but Rebuilt Battle of Britain No 34052 'Lord Dowding' is looking in good nick as it arrives ...
Colin Kirkwood 24/09/1966
30 June 1962, and one of the last two 'King Arthur' 4-6-0s No.30770 'Sir Prianius' is taking water at Southampton Central with a train for ...
Colin Kirkwood 30/06/1962
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