The Longmoor Military Railway (LMR) was a British military railway in Hampshire that was built by the Royal Engineers from 1903 to train soldiers on railway construction and operations. The railway ceased operation on 31 October 1969.

The passenger rolling stock normally in use is either a pair of ex−SECR ‘Birdcage’ brake coaches, or a pair of ex−GWR brake coaches fitted with modern plastic seats with tubular metal framing. There are also three ex−SR coaches, one of which has been converted to an Ambulance coach.

2018年1月2日 · Brian Bell, who served at Longmoor in the 1950s, outlines how both the Allies and the Germans realised just how strategic the railways were as something to attack and something to defend.

2025年1月25日 · We've certainly seen recent footage of armoured vehicles on trains in Ukraine, well within the conflict theatre, and one Ukrainian town whose name I can't remember has frequently been the scene of heavy fighting and its military significance has been described in news reports as being a railway junction.

The carriage was purchased from the Longmoor Military Railway in 1969 and was delivered to Robertsbridge by rail in 1970. After many years out of use, the coach was the subject of renewed interest in 1993 and was repainted in BR green on one side and red …

The Longmoor Military Railway (LMR) was a British military railway in Hampshire, built by the Royal Engineers from 1903 in order to train soldiers on railway construction and operations. Authorised for construction from 1902, activities date from 1903 when an …

A full scale operating railway was installed after WW1 from Liss to Bentley, and the name was changed from WIMR to the Longmoor Military Railway in 1935. The funds available for military use in wartime are vastly different to those in peace time, and whilst WIMR/LMR carried on between the wars with training for regular and territorial troops ...

During the war [period, 1939 to 1945, the role of the Longmoor Military Railway became crucial to the war effort and has probably seldom been fully appreciated. At least one third of the REs were transportation troops and most of them were trained at Longmoor (a total of 76,000 men).

The Longmoor Military Railway (LMR) was a British military railway in Hampshire, built by the Royal Engineers from 1903 in order to train soldiers on railway construction and operations. Authorised for construction from 1902, activities date from 1903 when an 18 in (457 mm) gauge tramway was laid to assist in removing 68 large corrugated iron ...

Longmoor Military Railway closed down with a ceremonial last day of operation on 31 October 1969, though for another two years some locomotives and stock remained on site, and there were occasional movements. Three items of rolling stock (a van, a brake van, and a bogie flat) still remain on the Longmoor site, as part of the FIBUA training village.