Corfe Mullen Jct. - Wimborne Jct.
Date Closed to Passenger Services
12 Jul 1920
Mileage Closed
3m 1c
Stations Closed
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Services Operated
Bath (Queen Square)/Templecombe/Blandford - Bournemouth (West) via Wimborne
Timetable Reference
B Oct 1919 102
Cobb Atlas Reference
35 97 98 - 01 98
Present Status
Dismantled
Map
RCH West of England 1918
Further Notes
ACD - Mon 12/07/1920 - CPLGB p36; PNM 1980 p14. SRCRA gives Sun 11/07/1920. Also both OP OL6 p23 and D&C p119 editions of The Somerset & Dorset Railway record the OCD as Sun 11/07/1920, no doubt pre-empting the later SR practice of recording closure dates as Sundays regardless of whether or not a service operated on that day of the week.
However, B1047 Oct 1920 104 and B1068 Jul 1922 120 show a 7 25mrn Templecombe - Bournemouth West via Wimborne. By B1104 Jul 1925 938 the same train, retimed to 7 20mrn, ran direct to Broadstone Junction.
Any information to clarify this anomaly most welcome.
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