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- It was opened in 1859 and closed to passengers in 1966 and to general goods traffic in 1967.
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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.
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.
Dinton Railway Station which was part of the first stage of the new Salisbury to Yeovil route opened on 2nd May, 1859. The railway line ran through the south of the parish, between the Nadder River and the main road. Dinton Station was about 1⁄2 mile from the centre of the village.
In spite of being an entirely agricultural community and lying in a region where there was much unrest, Dinton remained peaceful throughout the disturbances of the 1830's. Agricultural machinery was broken at Wilton, Barford St. Martin, and Tisbury, all close by, but no incidents occurred at Dinton.
The station closed in 1966. A branch called the Fovant Military Railway, 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4.0 km) in length, ran south from near the station to the military camps around Fovant; it was opened in 1915 and closed in 1920.
Dinton station was south-west of the village on a lane towards Fovant. The station closed in 1966. A branch called the Fovant Military Railway, two and a half miles in length, ran south from near the station to the military camps around Fovant; it was opened in 1915 and closed in 1920.
Then, in March 1963, Dinton station was recommended for closure in the British Transport Commission’s The Reshaping of British Railways report. Of those intermediate stops between Salisbury and Exeter, the only stations not listed for closure were Gillingham, Sherborne, Yeovil Junction, and Honiton.
