Upwey railway station (Abbotsbury Railway)
Upwey was a railway station on the Abbotsbury branch railway in the county of Dorset in England.
Upwey | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Broadwey, Dorset England |
| Coordinates | 50.6511°N 2.4715°W |
| Grid reference | SY666836 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Abbotsbury Railway |
| Pre-grouping | GWR |
| Post-grouping | Western Region of British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 9 November 1885 | Opened as Broadway |
| 24 June 1896 | Renamed Broadwey |
| 12 January 1906 | Renamed Broadwey (Dorset) |
| 1 January 1913 | Renamed Upwey |
| 1 December 1952 | Closed to passengers |
| 1 January 1962 | Closed completely |
History
The station 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
- Quick 2022, p. 459.
- Grant 2017, p. 3.
- "Broadwey station on OS 25 inch map Dorset XLVII.14 (Bincombe; Weymouth)". National Library of Scotland. 1889. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 82.
- McRae 1997, p. 31.
- Hurst 1992, p. 19 (ref 0911).
- 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). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
- Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
- 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.