Bridport East Street railway station
Bridport East Street was a railway station on the Bridport Railway in the west of the English county of Dorset. Opened on 11 March 1884, before the extension terminus at West Bay, it was just south of the level crossing on the A35 Dorchester to Honiton road, slightly nearer the centre of Bridport than the main station at Bradpole Road. Closed during the First World War and again in 1921, the station closed permanently with the West Bay extension on 22 September 1930, when the Great Western Railway gave up on hopes of creating a resort at West Bay.
Bridport East Street | |
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_1904378_735dfc06.jpg.webp) Remains of the station in 1963 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Bridport, West Dorset England |
| Grid reference | SY471928 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Pre-grouping | Bridport Railway GWR |
| Post-grouping | GWR |
| Key dates | |
| 31 March 1884 | Opened |
| 1 January 1916 | Closed |
| 5 January 1920 | Reopened |
| 11 April 1921 | Closed |
| 11 July 1921 | Reopened |
| 22 September 1924 | Closed |
| 6 October 1924 | Reopened |
| 22 September 1930 | Closed |
The site today
Nothing is now left as the site has been under the A35 Bridport town centre bypass for many years.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridport Line and station closed |
Great Western Railway Bridport Railway |
West Bay (Bridport) Line and station closed |
Further reading
- Railways of Dorset J.H.Lucking Railway Correspondence and Travel Society 1968 (no ISBN)
- B.L. Jackson & M.J. Tattershall (1998). The Bridport Railway. Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-520-0
References
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Station on navigable O.S. map
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