Monkton and Came Halt

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Monkton and Came Halt was a railway station between Weymouth and Dorchester in the county of Dorset in England. It was on what is now the Heart of Wessex Line. Opened by the GWR in 1905, it was part of a scheme by the railway company to counter road competition. Served by local Weymouth to Dorchester rail motor trains, the station had GWR pagoda shelters and wooden platforms. The platforms were later replaced with brick built structures but the pagodas remained until road competition saw the closure of the halt in the 1950s. The halt was called Came Bridge when opened but the name was changed a few years afterward. There is little habitation nearby and it existed mainly to serve an adjacent Golf Course.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Dorchester West		Heart of Wessex Line Line Open Station Closed		Upwey Wishing Well Halt

[edit] Further reading

• R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd.  ISBN 1 85260 508 1

• J.H. Lucking ,. Railways of Dorset. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society 1968.  ISBN(no ISBN)