Portesham railway station

Portesham was a small railway station on the Abbotsbury branch railway in the west of the English county of Dorset. Opened on 9 November 1885 by the Abbotsbury Railway, it was sited across the fields from the village not far from an underbridge carrying the line across the Weymouth to Abbotsbury road at a skew angle. Just to the east of the station an incline provided access to quarries near the Hardy Monument.

Buildings

A typical William Clarke stone building served the single platform, although the station also had a passing loop. The goods shed functioned for the life of the branch.

The station was the site of a Camping coach.

The station closed with the branch in 1952.

The Site Today

The station building is now part of a private dwelling.

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Further reading

*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1

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* ISBN 0 906867 80 0