Portesham railway station

Portesham
Location
Place Portesham
Area West Dorset
Operations
Original company GWR
Post-grouping Western Region of British Railways
Platforms 1
History
9 November 1885 Station opens
1 December 1952 Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Portesham was a small railway station on the Abbotsbury branch railway in the west of the English county of Dorset. Opened on 9 November 1885 by the Abbotsbury Railway, it was sited across the fields from Portesham 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.

Buildings

A typical William Clarke stone building served the single platform, although the station also had a passing loop. The goods shed functioned for the life of the branch. The station was the site of a Camping coach. The station closed with the branch in 1952.

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

The site today

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

Further reading

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


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