Evershot railway station

Evershot

Site of the station (1995)
Location
Place Holywell
Area West Dorset
Coordinates 50°50′07″N 2°34′48″W / 50.8353°N 2.5801°WCoordinates: 50°50′07″N 2°34′48″W / 50.8353°N 2.5801°W
Grid reference ST591041
Operations
Original company Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Western Region of British Railways
Platforms 2
History
20 January 1857 Station opens
3 October 1966 Station closes
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Closed railway stations in Britain
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Evershot was a railway station in the county of Dorset in England. Served by trains on what is now known as the Heart of Wessex Line, it was two miles from the village it served, at Holywell, just south of Evershot Tunnel. The station consisted of two platforms, a small goods yard and signal box. It had a station building on the up platform.

History

Opened on 20 January 1857 by the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway,[1] it became part of the Great Western Railway. Remaining in that company in the grouping of 1923, it was placed in the Western Region when the railways were nationalised in 1948. The station closed when local trains were withdrawn during the Beeching closures, taking effect on 3 October 1966.[1]

Accident

An accident which resulted in the death of a railway staff member took place near this station in 1865.[2]

The site today

Some remains of the station can be seen in the wide area it occupied just south of the tunnel.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Chetnole Halt
Line and station open
  Great Western Railway
Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway
  Cattistock Halt
Line open, station closed

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Butt 1995, p. 93
  2. "Fatal Railway Accident at Evershot". Family Connections. 1 September 2007. Retrieved 2 October 2007.

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