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| Author: | rogerfarnworth [ Fri Jun 28, 2019 11:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | MoD Ashchurch and Ashchurch Railway Station UK |
I was reading a book by Neil Parkhouse and looking at a series of photographs of the historic station at Ashchurch which was demolished as part of the fall out from the cuts associated with Dr. Beeching. Apart from feeling a sense of dismay that the original station and its building, together with the branch-lines it served, has been lost for ever, I noticed a reference to a siding serving MOD Ashchurch and decided to investigate. DE&S Ashchurch, known locally as "Ashchurch Camp", was the UK MOD's primary vehicle storage and distribution site for all types of armoured and soft-skinned vehicles, together with Royal Engineer bridges, boats and construction plant. The Centre was the only vehicle depot in the UK using Controlled Humidity Environments (CHE) for long-term vehicle storage. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/20 ... ay-station MOD Ashchurch remains at risk of closure and its site is marked in the local authority plan for mixed development. |
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