Evershot railway station
Evershot was a railway station in the county of Dorset in England. Served by trains on what is now known as the Heart of Wessex Line, it was two miles from the village it served, at Holywell, just south of Evershot Tunnel. The station consisted of two platforms, a small goods yard and signal box. It had a station building on the up platform.
Evershot | |
|---|---|
 Site of the station (1995) | |
| General information | |
| Location | Holywell, Dorset England |
| Coordinates | 50.8353°N 2.5801°W |
| Grid reference | ST591041 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway Western Region of British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 20 January 1857 | Station opens |
| 3 October 1966 | Station closes |
History
Opened on 20 January 1857 by the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway,[1] it became part of the Great Western Railway. Remaining in that company in the grouping of 1923, it was placed in the Western Region when the railways were nationalised in 1948. The station closed when local trains were withdrawn during the Beeching closures, taking effect on 3 October 1966.[1]
Accident
An accident which resulted in the death of a railway staff member took place near this station in 1865.[2]
The site today
Some remains of the station can be seen in the wide area it occupied just south of the tunnel.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chetnole Halt Line and station open |
Great Western Railway Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway |
Cattistock Halt Line open, station closed | ||
References
- Butt 1995, p. 93
- "Fatal Railway Accident at Evershot". Family Connections. 1 September 2007. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
- 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.