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Where is the sound?

Always sad when a line closes.

Disgraceful this line closed ! They could have run a Wimborne - Broadstone-Creekmoor-Poole-Parkstone-Branksome-Bournemouth shuttle. It only needed to be a single line from the Weymouth line to Wimborne with no Ticket offices at Creekmoor , Broadstone , Wimborne ( pay on the train ) .A two DMU would have done it ! The traffic is terrible now around Broadstone and Wimborne now !

well she certainly starts and runs nicely !

I had to wait till I saw the registration plate to make sure this was not the exact bike I had, it wasn't but might as well be, thank you for posting this is the nearest I will get to a time machine.

Why no sound? A commentary would have made this video much better.

Superb quality film. Football fans may have spotted those very high floodlights @ 0-33. This must be the ground of Poole Town FC.

Is the bike for sale?

Having only lived in Bournemouth for a few years and in that time seen how the urban sprawl continues to grow, along with the high volumes of road traffic, just how valuable these lines would of been now in getting more traffic off the road and using a 'metro' system much like what is seen in south london with the tram system there, being able to get from Croydon to Wimbledon which both integrate with main line stations could of easily been replicated if the track bed had been pulled up and developed upon here in Bournemouth.

What a waste. Wimborne is huge now with traffic jams on a regular basis. Short sighted government yet again.

Like mourners at a funeral. The chaos of mass personal transport was Inevitable.

A stupid decision to end this line.😊

Hi Ian, I am doing a MA Photography and would like to use a very small clip from you video in my project on the Castleman Way, the piece where it goes under Merley Bridge. Naturally I would credit you with the clip. I hope that is ok

i lived at 18 cranbury rd between 89 and 95

I’m 30 and I wish I could of scene this before it went to the swan centre I prefer small shops

Wimborne & Broadstone could do with a railway again. All that new housing just encourages more traffic onto already congested roads!! Typical of BR & Government short sightedness.

Lovely bike, I swapped a triumph Tiger for one of these in 1975, the other guy couldn't believe it

What year was this?

The Pines Express (Manchester to Bournemouth West) ran on this line in the early 1960s.

This proves it was worth forking out for the digital converter. I hope you have got plenty more films to convert! Thanks for uploading!

This is really cool i live down cranbury Road and im 14 its so cool to see what eastleigh used to look like

Thanks for sharing. It's incredible to think just how much has changed on this former route through the intervening years. I've visited a lot of these locations and many others along the 'Old Road' and much of it has changed beyond all recognition. Wimborne being just one example. A lost era.

Bro I used to live on cranberry road when I was younger

I had one of these years ago.. a great little bike to ride. I could out-run a Honda CB250 on it. Two-strokes were the best in their day.

Can anyone tell me the loco number please 331??

I went to Shaftesbury Grammer school in the mid to late 70's and used the bus from Bournmouth to Shaftesbury, on part of the bus route, we crossed a level crossing and heading to Shaftesbury near Wimbourne, if you looked out the right hand side you could see what looked like sidings with carriages or multiple units standing, they were certainly there for a few years, I had a 100cc bike from 79 and stopped using the bus It is such a shame they didn't mothball at least trackbed and any bridges. They're re-opening quite a few lines across the country now, how much easier it would be if trackbed still existed

What is the viaduct at the beginning of the film,and where does it go to?

Fabulous piece of history!

Excellent film ,its a great shame this line was ripped up this line would have taken so much traffic off the roads in Dorset, I just hope one day these lines will be reinstated ,as well as many more all over the country.this video film is so interesting how it was around the 1970s ,it was a big mistake by the politicians and their cronies getting rid of these lines.

1 person missed the last train to Wimborne

Thanks for the photos. I used to live in Station Road.

I had one of these and it was great fun, fast and light. Sold it for new Yamaha 250 yds-7 which was good, but, somehow not such fun. Maybe a bit like a KTM Duke 200 today ?

Shame wimborne is spelt wrong at beginning of the video..brings back memories thank you

Where exactly was Wimborne railway station located within the town?

Wow! I Never realised the line to Wimbourne lasted until the 1970's....

I rode the mid-afternoon run from Bournemouth to Wimborne & back on that final day. Very sad, and such a waste.

Hi Ian, I'm making a 'then and now' style film of this branch from Broadstone to Wimborne. I'd like to use a few seconds of your shots in this video. Would you be happy for me to do so? I don't make any money from my films, so I'm unable to offer any financial reward, but of course I'll credit your work. Let me know what you think. Many Thanks.

If only the government had had the foresight to keep this line open, how places like Broadstone, Wimbourne and Ringwood would have benefitted from having a railway station today with it's links to Poole and Brokenhurst, it would have kept lots of cars off the road.

Built by people with vision and planning for the future, closed by blind morons with no thought to the future, they should have thought about letting them run with steam like the Swanage Railway, tourists would have brought a lot of wealth to everyone

its unthinkable now to think of people poking their heads out of train windows

Thank you for uploading this film. I did not realise that this line closed relatively recently. Nice footage of crossing the Branksome viaducts.

Should never have gotten rid of the old railway lines connecting Ringwood, West moors, Wimborne and Poole.

Biggest mistake the government made getting rid of these small station and lines, the trade that they offered and reduced road congestion, sadly road transport and haulage was seen as the new religion, how times have changed.

Nice film. Such a tragic closure and short term planning by hopeless politicians

Great stuff 👍

I lived in Eastleigh for about two years from October 1985. I lived at the bottom end of Market Street initially, then a year later moved to Dutton Lane, just over the bridge across the railway as you head towards Bishopstoke. This film brings back memories, particularly of my first walk around the town centre wondering why parts of it looked like a bomb site. Used to drink in the Home Tavern and The Eagle(?) at the top end of town centre. I was only in my early twenties then, so used to frequent 'Martines' nightclub at weekends. Was it really 36 years ago??

Why did they do this? The town needs those stations now there’s so much traffic

Fantastic footage, and such great quality, it almost looks recent. What a shame this part of the line lasted so late, yet still wasn’t revived to take pressure off of the roads.

This was 55 015 the date was 17th October 1981 it was called the Wessex Deltic if my memory serves me well think I may have some slides of this

Great footage - thanks for sharing!!