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Portesham railway station

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

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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

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The station 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

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A typical William Clarke stone building served the single platform,

The site today

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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

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  1. ^ a b Quick 2022, p. 370.
  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

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Further reading

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