Westham Halt railway station explained

Westham Halt
Status:Disused
Borough:Westham, Dorset
Country:England
Platforms:1
Original:Weymouth and Portland Railway
Pregroup:Great Western Railway
Postgroup:Great Western Railway
British Railways (Southern Region)
Events:Official opening
Years1:1952
Events1:Closed to passengers

Westham Halt was a small railway station in Westham on the Portland Branch Railway in the west of the English county of Dorset.

History

The first piece of equipment on the site was a small ground frame on the site, installed in 1891 to control the road crossing.[1] The station proper was opened in July 1909, and was sited about 0.5miles south of the bridge over Radipole Lake. It was part of a scheme that saw several halts opened on the GWR and other railways to counter road competition. Services were provided by Railmotors, carriages equipped with driving ends and their own small steam engine. The station closed to passenger services with the branch in 1952.

The site today

The former trackbed of the line is located on the Rodwell Trail walk. The former platform is still located next to the site of the level crossing over Abbotsbury Road.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Celebrate 150th anniversary of the Portland branch railway with these fantastic pictures. Dorset Echo. 31 March 2015 . 2016-06-30.