1860s Beattie tank

West Moors
Railway History


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 Welcome
 Before the railway
 The 'iron road' arrives
 Early operating details
 The 'golden' years
 A country railway
 Southern days
 Post-war decline
 The legacy of the railway . . .
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The legacy of the railway . . .
You would be forgiven if you said - "what legacy, what railway!" There's not a lot left - the crossing house, a buffer stop & a bridge hidden in the trees. But, look around: if the railway had not swept across the moors at this point, it is unlikely that the 'village' of West Moors would have developed to anything like the extent it has - over 8000 inhabitants by the end of the first decade of the 21st century.

And, as a reminder, we always have "Station Road" - without the station of course!

Read on here . . .

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