Powerstock railway station

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Powerstock
Former railway station
Location
Location	Powerstock
Area	West Dorset, Dorset
Grid reference	SY5295
Operations
Pre-grouping	GWR
Post-grouping	GWR Western Region of British Railways
Platforms	1
History
12 November 1857	Opened
5 May 1975	Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D-F G H-J K-L M-O P-R S T-V W-Z
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Powerstock was a railway station on the Bridport Railway in the west of the English county of Dorset. The station served the villages of Powerstock, and Nettlecombe, which was nearer the railway. Opened with the branch on 12 November 1857, it was called Poorstock until 1860. Consisting of a single platform and bungalow style building, it had a siding. The branch was threatened with closure in the Beeching report, but narrow roads, unsuitable for buses, in the area kept it open until May 5th 1975.

Operated by the Great Western Railway, it was placed in the Western Region when the railways were nationalised in 1948.

[edit] The Site Today

The station building can still be seen from the road although it has been a private home since well before the line's closure. The trackbed and platform are now part of the grounds of the house.[1]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Toller Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Bridport Railway		Bridport Line and station closed

[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)

• Powerstock Station - All Change, Diana P. Read, 1996, ISBN 0 9527522 0 4 (tells the history of the Bridport Branch line and in particular the history and people associated with Powerstock Station)