Dorset is a county in South West England. The county is largely rural and therefore does not have a dense transport network, and is one of the few English...
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The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR, also known as the S&D, S&DR or SDJR), was an English railway line jointly owned by the Midland Railway (MR)...
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It ran through the counties of Wiltshire, Hampshire and Dorset in England. It opened the line in 1866, and was worked by the London and South Western Railway...
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Morebus (category Transport in Dorset)
primarily used in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, and the wider Dorset area. Operations in the area were formerly part of the Wilts & Dorset brand, phased...
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Moordown air disaster (category Transport in Dorset)
Royal Air Force Handley Page Halifax bomber crashed in Moordown, Bournemouth, Hampshire (now Dorset) soon after take-off from RAF Hurn (now known as Bournemouth...
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Ball clay (section History in the UK)
rounded during subsequent transport, in Dorset and Devon, England during the early days of the industry during the 18th century. In 2008, UK production of...
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South Western franchise (category Rail transport in Dorset)
destinations in Surrey, Hampshire, Somerset, Dorset, Berkshire, Wiltshire and Devon on the South West, Portsmouth Direct and West of England main lines. In 2007...
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Compton Abbas Airfield (category Transport in Dorset)
Shaftesbury, Dorset, England. Compton Abbas Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P851) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers...
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Lyme Regis branch line (category Rail transport in Dorset)
Axminster, running through picturesque rural countryside on the Dorset - Devon border. It opened in 1903; penetrating difficult topography, the line was very...
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Dorset Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Dorset in South West England, which includes the largely rural area...
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HSC Levante Jet (category Transport in Dorset)
connecting Jersey in the Channel Islands to Poole, England. HSC Levante Jet was completed in 2014 by Incat Australia Pty. Ltd. and was delivered in March 2015...
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National Cycle Route 2 (category Transport in Dorset)
from the island to Eastney, Portsmouth, re-opened in August 2016 under new owners resolving a break in the route since March 2015. Portsmouth Harbour is...
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Dorset (/ˈdɔːrsɪt/ DOR-sit; archaically: Dorsetshire /ˈdɔːrsɪt.ʃɪər, -ʃər/ DOR-sit-sheer, -shər) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is...
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Weymouth Harbour Tramway (category Rail transport in Dorset)
streets of Weymouth, Dorset, England from a junction to the north of Weymouth station to Weymouth Quay station at Weymouth Harbour. Built in 1865, it was last...
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Portland Branch Railway (category Rail transport in Dorset)
Portland in the English county of Dorset. The first was the Portland Railway, a tramway with a counterbalanced rope-worked incline. It opened in 1826. It...
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Condor Ferries (category Transport in Dorset)
service with Condor Ferries on 27 March 2015 operating out of Poole on the Dorset coast. However, due to the size of Condor Liberation, ferry services to...
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Abbotsbury Railway (category Rail transport in Dorset)
Railway was a standard gauge railway line which ran in the west of the county of Dorset in England opening in 1885. Although great hopes of mineral traffic...
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South West Main Line (category Rail transport in Dorset)
and Bournemouth. It runs through the counties of Surrey, Hampshire and Dorset. It forms the core of the network built by the London and South Western...
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Wessex Trains (category Rail transport in Dorset)
of the South Western franchise. On 13 December 2005 the Department for Transport awarded the Greater Western franchise to FirstGroup and the services operated...
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Sandbanks Ferry (category Transport in Dorset)
crosses the entrance of Poole Harbour in the English county of Dorset. The route runs from Sandbanks to Studland and in doing so connects the coastal parts...
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Heart of Wessex Line (category Rail transport in Dorset)
Westbury in Wiltshire, and the newly created South Wessex CRP covering stations from Frome to Yeovil in Somerset and from Thornford to Weymouth in Dorset. On...
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South West Trains (category Rail transport in Dorset)
suburban and regional services in the counties of Surrey, Hampshire and Dorset. It also provided regional services in Devon, Somerset, Berkshire, Wiltshire...
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Bournemouth Airport (category Transport in Dorset)
1969, the airport was purchased jointly by the Bournemouth Corporation and Dorset County Council and renamed as "Bournemouth Hurn Airport", later to become...
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Bradford Abbas Railway Cutting (category Rail transport in Dorset)
is a 1.4 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, notified in 1990. English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 31 August...
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Bridport Railway (category Rail transport in Dorset)
The Bridport Railway was a railway branch line that operated in the county of Dorset in England. It connected Bridport with the main line network at Maiden...
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Christchurch Airfield (category Transport in Dorset)
Airfield was located southeast of the A337/B3059 intersection in Somerford, Christchurch, Dorset, England. It was a civil airfield starting from 1926, then...
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South Western Railway (2017–2025) (category Rail transport in Dorset)
west London, suburban services in the counties of Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire and Dorset, as well as regional services in Devon, Somerset and Wiltshire...
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West of England line (category Rail transport in Dorset)
Davids. Overall, it passes through five counties – Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset and Devon. Network Rail splits the line into two sections: the...
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Southern Railway routes west of Salisbury (category Rail transport in Dorset)
remained independent until the nationalisation of the railways in 1948. The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway formed a most important connecting line for the...
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Conegar Road Cutting (category Transport in Dorset)
is a 0.15 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, notified in 1996. English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 31 August...
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