Powerstock railway station

Powerstock

Former railway station
Location
Place Powerstock
Area West Dorset, Dorset
Coordinates 50°45′21″N 2°40′45″W / 50.7557°N 2.6792°W / 50.7557; -2.6792Coordinates: 50°45′21″N 2°40′45″W / 50.7557°N 2.6792°W / 50.7557; -2.6792
Operations
Pre-grouping GWR
Post-grouping GWR
Western Region of British Railways
Platforms 1
History
12 November 1857 Opened as Poorstock[1]
1860 Renamed Powerstock[1]
5 May 1975 Closed[1]
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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. Operated by the Great Western Railway, it was placed in the Western Region when the railways were nationalised in 1948.

The branch was threatened with closure in the Beeching report, but narrow roads in the area, unsuitable for buses, kept it open until 5 May 1975. In its final years train services were usually operated by single carriage Class 121 diesel railcars.

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.


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

References

  1. 1 2 3 Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. 188,191. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.

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