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Portland railway station (England)

Coordinates: 50°33′53″N 2°27′03″W / 50.5647°N 2.4508°W / 50.5647; -2.4508
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Portland
General information
LocationIsle of Portland, Dorset
England
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyWeymouth and Portland Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
British Railways (Southern Region)
Key dates
16 October 1865 (1865-10-16)Opening
1 September 1902Station relocation
3 March 1952 (1952-03-03)Closed to passengers
1965 (1965)Station closure

Portland was a railway station on the Portland Branch Railway in the south of the English county of Dorset. The station opened with the Easton and Church Hope Railway, one of the constituent parts of a complex line, on 16 October 1865. The station was moved to a new site on the opening of the extension to Easton on 1 September 1902.[1]

After this, the old station was used as a goods station and depot. The extension was technically a separate railway, the Easton and Church Hope, although the branch was operated as one line throughout. The second Portland station had multiple platforms with canopies for the large staff of the Admiralty establishments around it.

The station closed to passengers in 1952, although regular freight kept the line in use until 1965. The platforms and canopies survived until the mid-1970s when the site was absorbed by the base and demolished.

References

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  1. ^ "Portland Railways". Portlandbill.co.uk. 2006.

Further reading

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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Wyke Regis Halt
Line and station closed
  GWR and LSWR
Portland Branch Railway
  Easton (Portland)
Line and station closed

50°33′53″N 2°27′03″W / 50.5647°N 2.4508°W / 50.5647; -2.4508