Blandford’s passenger railway station closed in 1966 when the passenger
train service between Bath and Bournemouth was withdrawn. However, the line
remained open for another three years until goods traffic was also withdrawn.
Originally, the line from the south stopped at Blandford St
Mary. Then it was brought across the River Stour, and the newly constructed
Blandford Railway Arches at the bottom of Damory Street, to a new more central station. This new Blandford town station opened in
September 1863. It was renamed Blandford Forum in 1953.
Around a decade after the last locomotive had left the town
Blandford Railway Arches were destroyed by explosives on 25th July
1979.
(Illustrations: Blandford's Railway Arches)
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