Portesham railway station

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Portesham
Portesham Station.jpg
LocationPortesham, West Dorset
England
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyAbbotsbury Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingWestern Region of British Railways
Key dates
9 November 1885Opened
1 December 1952Closed

Portesham was a small railway station serving the village of Portesham in the west of the English county of Dorset.

Location[]

The station was sited across the fields from village not far from an underbridge carrying the line across the Weymouth to Abbotsbury road at a skew angle. Just to the east of the station an incline provided access to quarries near the Hardy Monument.

History[]

The stationed was opened on 9 November 1885 by the Abbotsbury Railway when it opened the line from Abbotsbury to Upwey Junction on the Great Western Railway (GWR) (former Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway line).[1][2]

The station had a single platform and a passing loop. The goods shed was opposite the platform and functioned for the life of the branch.[3] The station was the site of a GWR camp coach from 1935 to 1939.[4][5]

The station closed with the branch on 1 December 1952.[1][6]

Buildings[]

A typical William Clarke stone building served the single platform,

The site today[]

The station building is now part of a private dwelling and is used as a holiday let.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Coryates Halt
Line and station closed 		  Great Western Railway
Abbotsbury branch railway
  Abbotsbury
Line and station closed

References[]

  1. ^ a b Quick 2019, p. 329.
  2. ^ Grant 2017, p. 3.
  3. ^ "Portisham station on OS 25 inch map CDorset XLVI.11 (Abbotsbury; Littlebredy; Long Bredy; Portesham)". National Library of Scotland. 1889. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  4. ^ McRae 1997, p. 31.
  5. ^ Fenton 1999, pp. 153–154.
  6. ^ Hurst 1992, p. 8 (ref 0331).

Bibliography[]

  • Fenton, Mike (1999). Camp Coach Holidays on the G.W.R. Wild Swan. ISBN 1-874103-53-4.
  • Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
  • Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
  • McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  • Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway & Canal Historical Society.

Further reading[]

  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Brian L. Jackson. The Abbotsbury Branch. Wild Swan Publications Ltd. 1989. ISBN 0-906867-80-0

External links[]

Coordinates: 50°40′04″N 2°33′39″W / 50.6678°N 2.5607°W / 50.6678; -2.5607


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