Upwey railway station (Abbotsbury Railway) explained

Upwey
Status:Disused
Borough:Broadwey, Dorset
Country:England
Coordinates:50.6511°N -2.4715°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:1
Original:Abbotsbury Railway
Pregroup:GWR
Postgroup:Western Region of British Railways
Years:9 November 1885
Events:Opened as Broadway
Years1:24 June 1896
Events1:Renamed Broadwey
Years2:12 January 1906
Events2:Renamed Broadwey (Dorset)
Years3:1 January 1913
Events3:Renamed Upwey
Years4:1 December 1952
Events4:Closed to passengers
Years5:1 January 1962
Events5:Closed completely

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

History

The station was opened as Broadway on 9 November 1885 by the Abbotsbury Railway when it opened the line from to on the Great Western Railway (GWR) (former Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway line).

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.

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.[1]

The station was host to a GWR camp coach from 1936 to 1939. 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.

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.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Broadwey station on OS 25 inch map Dorset XLVII.14 (Bincombe; Weymouth). 1889. National Library of Scotland . 7 July 2020.
  2. Web site: Catford . Nick . Upwey station (Abbotsbury branch) . Disused stations . 7 July 2020.