Bridport railway station

Bridport railway station was on the Bridport Railway in the west of the English county of Dorset. Opened with the branch on 12 November 1857 it was renamed Bridport (Bradpole Road) when the West Bay extension opened, to distinguish it from East Street and West Bay stations. In 1902 it was renamed Bridport. Consisting of a two platforms, a small goods yard and engine shed, it had a signal box.

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

After the withdrawal of the West Bay trains in 1930 the station became the passenger terminus of the line. Then in the 1960s the goods service was withdrawn, leading to the lifting of the track south of Bridport station, and the line was usually operated with a British Rail Class 122 single car diesel multiple unit. Although threatened with closure in the Beeching report, narrow roads in the area, unsuitable for buses, kept the line open until 5 May 1975.

The site today

The location of the former station and all its sidings and goods facilities have now been converted into an industrial estate containing two supermarkets and a builders merchants.

References

Further reading

• J.H. Lucking , (1968). Railways of Dorset. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society.  ISBN(no ISBN)
• B.L. Jackson & M.J. Tattershall, (1998). The Bridport Railway. Oakwood Press.  ISBN 978-0-85361-520-0

External links

• Bridport station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
• Bridport Trailway