Wyke Regis railway station

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
LocationDorset
England
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyWeymouth and Portland Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway & London and South Western Railway jointly
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway & Southern Railway jointly
Key dates
1 July 1909 (1909-07-01)Station opened
3 March 1952 (1952-03-03)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 station closed with the branch in 1952.[2][4]

The site today

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The 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

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  1. ^ a b St John Thomas 1966, p. 195.
  2. ^ a b Quick 2023, p. 498.
  3. ^ Dorset LVIII.2 & 1 (Map). 25 inch. Ordnance Survey. 1929.
  4. ^ Hurst 1992, p. 7 (ref 0278).
  5. ^ "Rodwell Trail – Walking Route in Weymouth, Weymouth and Portland – Dorset". Visit-dorset.com.

Bibliography

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Further reading

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