Westham Halt railway station

This article is about the Dorset station. For other uses, see West Ham (disambiguation).

Westham Halt was a small railway station in Westham on the Portland Branch Railway in the west of the English county of Dorset.

Westham Halt
Remains of Westham Halt in 2016
General information
Location	Westham, 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
July 1909 (1909-07)	Official opening
1952	Closed to passengers

History

The first piece of equipment on the site was a small ground frame on the site, installed in 1891 to control the road crossing. The station proper was opened in July 1909, and was sited about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of the bridge over Radipole Lake. It was part of a scheme that saw several halts opened on the GWR and other railways to counter road competition. Services were provided by Railmotors, carriages equipped with driving ends and their own small steam engine. The station closed to passenger services with the branch in 1952.

The site today

The former trackbed of the line is located on the Rodwell Trail walk. The former platform is still located next to the site of the level crossing over Abbotsbury Road.

References

• R.V.J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
• J.H. Lucking (1968). Railways of Dorset. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society.

External links

• Rodwell Trail
• Station on navigable O.S. map located south of Radipole Lake across from Melcombe Regis and Weymouth stations

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Melcombe Regis Line and station closed		GWR and LSWR Portland Branch Railway		Rodwell Line and station closed