Upwey was a
railway station
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on the
Abbotsbury branch railway in the county of
Dorset
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in
England
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.
History
The station was opened as Broadway on 9 November 1885 by the
Abbotsbury Railway when it opened the line from to on the
Great Western Railway (GWR) (former
Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway
The Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway (WS&WR) was an early railway company in south-western England. It obtained Parliamentary powers in 1845 to build a railway from near Chippenham in Wiltshire, southward to Salisbury and Weymouth in Dors ...
line).
It was renamed Broadwey in 1896, then Broadwey (Dorset) in 1906 and finally the name was changed to Upwey in 1913, to avoid confusion with
Broadway
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Theatre
* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
**Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
in Worcestershire.
Although it had a passenger platform, it mainly functioned as a goods depot as the location of
Upwey Junction on an embankment made access difficult. There was a goods shed, cattle pens and a 5 ton crane.
The station was host to a
GWR camp coach from 1936 to 1939. When the branch closed to passengers in 1952, the station continued on as a goods depot until 1962, served by a stub from what is now the
South West Main Line
The South West Main Line (SWML) is a 143-mile (230 km) major railway line between Waterloo station in central London and Weymouth on the south coast of England. A predominantly passenger line, it serves many commuter areas including south we ...
.
Buildings
A typical William Clarke stone building served the single platform. The site of the station is now a builders yard with the station building and goods shed still in place.
References
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Further reading
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External links
Station on navigable O.S. map location marked as Broadwey
Disused railway stations in Dorset
Former Great Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1885
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1952