Upwey railway station (Abbotsbury Railway)

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Upwey
LocationBroadwey, Weymouth and Portland
England
Coordinates50°39′04″N 2°28′17″W / 50.6511°N 2.4715°W / 50.6511; -2.4715Coordinates: 50°39′04″N 2°28′17″W / 50.6511°N 2.4715°W / 50.6511; -2.4715
Grid referenceSY666836
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyAbbotsbury Railway
Pre-groupingGWR
Post-groupingWestern Region of British Railways
Key dates
9 November 1885Opened as Broadway
24 June 1896Renamed Broadwey
12 January 1906Renamed Broadwey (Dorset)
1 January 1913Renamed Upwey
1 December 1952Closed to passengers
1 January 1962Closed completely

Upwey was a railway station on the Abbotsbury branch railway in the county of Dorset in England.

History[]

The stationed was opened as Broadway 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]

It was renamed Broadwey in 1896, then Broadwey (Dorset) in 1906 and finally the name was changed to Upwey in 1913, to avoid confusion with Broadway in Worcestershire.[1]

Although it had a passenger platform, it mainly functioned as a goods depot as the location of Upwey Junction on an embankment made access difficult. There was a goods shed, cattle pens and a 5 ton crane.[3][4]

The station was host to a GWR camp coach from 1936 to 1939.[5] When the branch closed to passengers in 1952, the station continued on as a goods depot until 1962, served by a stub from what is now the South West Main Line.[1][6]

Buildings[]

A typical William Clarke stone building served the single platform. The site of the station is now a builders yard with the station building and goods shed still in place.[7]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Upwey Junction
South West Main Line 		  Great Western Railway
Abbotsbury branch railway
  Coryates Halt
Line and station closed

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Quick 2019, p. 408.
  2. ^ Grant 2017, p. 3.
  3. ^ "Broadwey station on OS 25 inch map Dorset XLVII.14 (Bincombe; Weymouth)". National Library of Scotland. 1889. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  4. ^ The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 82.
  5. ^ McRae 1997, p. 31.
  6. ^ Hurst 1992, p. 19 (ref 0911).
  7. ^ Catford, Nick. "Upwey station (Abbotsbury branch)". Disused stations. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

Bibliography[]

  • 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.
  • The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.

Further reading[]

  • R.V.J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1
  • J.H. Lucking. Railways of Dorset. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society 1968. ISBN(no ISBN)
  • Brian L. Jackson. The Abbotsbury Branch. Wild Swan Publications Ltd. 1989. ISBN 0-906867-80-0

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