Alex Coomber
Longmoor Military Railway. Bordon to Liss. Opened between 1905 and 1942. Closed in 1969. Bordon to Liss via Woolmer. Bordon, Oakhanger, Whitehill, Woolmer, Longmoor Downs, Liss Forest, Liss (Longmoor Military Railway) and Liss. Bordon to Liss via Holywater. Bordon, Oakhanger, Whitehill, Holywater, Longmoor Downs, Liss Forest, Liss (Longmoor Military Railway) and Liss. The Longmoor Military Railway was built by the Royal Engineers between 1905 and 1942 as a railway training facility for soldiers. In its final form. It had links at each end to the National Rail Network at Liss and Bordon. At its peak during the Second World War. It had an extent of around 70 Miles of running track and sidings including a 6 mile circular route for continuous operations. It closed in 1969 and efforts to reopen part of it as a heritage railway came to nothing. Today. The southern section of this unique railway route can be explored on foot through the heathland and woods of Hampshire.
