- Source: Westham Halt railway station
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. The station proper was opened in July 1909, and was sited about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) 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.
References
R.V.J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
J.H. Lucking (1968). Railways of Dorset. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society.
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Rodwell Trail
Station on navigable O.S. map located south of Radipole Lake across from Melcombe Regis and Weymouth stations
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Westham Halt railway station
- Pevensey & Westham railway station
- West Ham (disambiguation)
- Eastbourne railway station
- Westham, Dorset
- Collington railway station
- Crowhurst railway station
- Stonegate railway station
- Doleham railway station
- Southease railway station
