Abbotsbury railway station

Abbotsbury was the terminus of the Abbotsbury branch railway in the west of the English county of Dorset. Serving the village of Abbotsbury, it was sited across the fields a mile from the village on the Weymouth to Abbotsbury road, because the railway could not buy the land needed to build the station nearer to the village. Plans for westward expansion came to nothing and led to the railway petering out in a shallow cutting to the west of the station.

Abbotsbury
General information
LocationAbbotsbury, West Dorset
England
Coordinates50.66586°N 2.59139°W / 50.66586; -2.59139
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyAbbotsbury Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
9 November 1885Station opens
1 December 1952Station closes
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