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 | |
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General information | |
Location | Abbotsbury, West Dorset England |
Coordinates | 50.66586°N 2.59139°W |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Abbotsbury Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway Western Region of British Railways |
Key dates | |
9 November 1885 | Station opens |
1 December 1952 | Station closes |
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