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Gillingham (Dorset)

CRS Code GIL
Collected date 22/05/07
Gillingham station sign

Gillingham station is on the mostly single-track line from Salisbury to Yeovil Junction, between Templecombe and Tisbury.

The front of the station building, seen from the car park:

Gillingham front

The station building backs onto platform 1:

Gillingham rear

The canopy on platform 1:

Gillingham canopy

Two small niche-like windows in the rear of the station building:

Gillingham niches

A blue plaque marking the 150th anniversary of the railway's construction:

Gillingham blue plaque

The view westwards under the canopy on platform 1:

Gillingham under canopy

Two views of platform 1 and its building from platform 2, opposite:

Gillingham platform 1 Gillingham platform 1 from
platform 2

Looking east along platform 1:

Gillingham platform 1, looking
east Gillingham looking east

Platform 2 is reached from platform 1 by a footbridge just to the east of the station building:

Gillingham footbridge

Looking east along platform 2:

Gillingham platform 2

A sign made of concrete slabs lies in the grass on platform 2:

Gillingham garden sign

At the western end of platform 2 is the signalbox:

Gillingham signalbox

Looking east along the line from the footbridge:

Gillingham looking east from
footbridge

Looking west towards the station buildings from the footbridge:

Gillingham looking west from
footbridge

A closer view from the footbridge showing the sidings on the right and left:

Gillingham looking west
from footbridge, close up