Wyke Regis Halt was a small railway station on the Portland Branch Railway in the west of the English county of Dorset.
Wyke Regis Halt | |
|---|---|
 Remains of the station platform, now a feature on the Rodwell Trail | |
| General information | |
| Location | Dorset England |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Weymouth and Portland Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway & London and South Western Railway jointly |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway & Southern Railway jointly |
| Key dates | |
| 1 July 1909 | Station opened |
| 3 March 1952 | Station closed |
The line through the station site was opened on 16 October 1865 when the Weymouth and Portland Railway opened the mixed gauge line between the towns in its name, the line was leased jointly to the Great Western Railway and the London and South Western Railway.[1]
Opened in July 1909, it was part of a scheme that saw several halts opened on the GWR with services provided by Railmotors to counter road competition.[2][1]
The halt was reached by a footpath from Ferrybridge cottages, off Portland Road.[3]
The site today
editThe former trackbed of the line is a popular walk called the Rodwell Trail, and the platform is still there in a shallow cutting.[5]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandsfoot Castle Halt Line and station closed | GWR and LSWR Portland Branch Railway | Portland Line and station closed |
References
edit- ^ a b St John Thomas 1966, p. 195.
- ^ a b Quick 2023, p. 498.
- ^ Dorset LVIII.2 & 1 (Map). 25 inch. Ordnance Survey. 1929.
- ^ Hurst 1992, p. 7 (ref 0278).
- ^ "Rodwell Trail – Walking Route in Weymouth, Weymouth and Portland – Dorset". Visit-dorset.com.
Bibliography
edit- Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
- Quick, Michael (2023) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.05. Railway & Canal Historical Society.
- St John Thomas, David (1966). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol. I: The West Country (3rd ed.). Newton Abbott: David & Charles.
Further reading
edit- J.H. Lucking (1968). Railways of Dorset. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society.
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