Union of South Africa - Poetry in motion

 

Dilton Marsh Railway Station, the subject of the John Betjeman poem Dilton Marsh Halt. And when all the horrible roads are finally done for, And there’s no more petrol left in the world to burn, Here to the Halt from Salisbury and from Bristol Steam trains will return. This is a request stop which means you have to ask the conductor to stop there, and when you want to get on a train you hold your hand as if hailing a taxi. In the past passengers were directed to the seventh house up the hill, Holmdale, where tickets could be bought from Mrs H. Roberts acting as a ticket agent for British Rail. This was LNER A4 class 60009 on the Victoria/Salisbury/Victoria Cathedrals Express