Bridport East Street was a railway station on the
Bridport Railway
The Bridport Railway was a railway branch line that operated in the county of Dorset in England. It connected Bridport with the main line network at Maiden Newton, and opened on 12 November 1857. It was extended to West Bay in 1884, but the ext ...
in the west of the
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county of
Dorset
Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset (unitary authority), Dors ...
. Opened on 11 March 1884, before the extension terminus at West Bay, it was just south of the level crossing on the
A35 Dorchester to
Honiton
Honiton ( or ) is a market town and civil parish in East Devon, situated close to the River Otter, north east of Exeter in the county of Devon. Honiton has a population estimated at 11,822 (based on mid-year estimates for the two Honiton Ward ...
road, slightly nearer the centre of Bridport than the main station at Bradpole Road. Closed during the
First World War
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and again in 1921, the station closed permanently with the West Bay extension on 22 September 1930, when the
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...
gave up on hopes of creating a resort at West Bay.
The site today
Nothing is now left as the site has been under the
A35 Bridport town centre bypass for many years.
Further reading
* Railways of Dorset J.H.Lucking
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society
The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) is a national society founded in Cheltenham, England in 1928 to bring together those interested in rail transport and locomotives.
Since 1929 the Society has published a regular journal ''The ...
1968 (no ISBN)
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Station on navigable O.S. map
Disused railway stations in Dorset
Former Great Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1884
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1916
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1920
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1921
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1921
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1924
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1924
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1930
Bridport
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