Easton railway station was the terminus of the Portland Branch Railway, which operated on the Isle of Portland in the south of the English county of Dorset.
Easton | |
|---|---|
 Photograph of the approach to Easton Railway Station, in November 1962 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Isle of Portland, Dorset England |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Weymouth and Portland Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway British Railways (Southern Region) |
| Key dates | |
| 1 September 1901 | Station opening |
| 1952 | Closed to passengers |
| 1965 | Closed to freight |
History
editThe station opened with the Easton and Church Hope Railway, one of the constituent parts of a complex line, on 1 September 1902. The line past Portland station was technically a separate railway, although the branch was operated as one line throughout. Easton was closed between 11 November 1940 and 1 January 1945 following air raid damage during the Second World War.
Although the station closed to passengers in 1952 regular freight kept the line in use until 1965. The station was demolished in the 1970s.
The site today
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The area is now the site of a residential home for the elderly.[1]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portland (Dorset) Line and station closed |
GWR and LSWR Portland Branch Railway |
Terminus |
References
edit- ^ Geoff Kirby. "Easton Square, Portland, Dorset". Exploring Portland.
- 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