Bridport Railway






Dates

05/05/1855Bridport Railway
Act of Parliament passed.
12/11/1857Bridport Railway
Maiden Newton to Bridport opened. Stations at Poorstock and Bridport.
  /  /1860Bridport Railway
Poorstock renamed Powerstock.
31/03/1862Bridport Railway
Toller opened.
  /06/1874Bridport Railway
Line converted to Standard Gauge.
31/03/1884West Bay Extension (Bridport Railway)
Bridport Railway extended from Bridport to Bridport, West Bay with intermediary station Bridport, East Street.
26/07/1901Bridport Railway
West Bay Extension (Bridport Railway)
Great Western Railway
Absorption of the Bridport Railway by the Great Western Railway confirmed by Act of Parliament.
  /  /1965Bridport Railway
Line closed to goods.
05/05/1975Bridport Railway
Bridport, Powerstock and Toller closed. Line closed.
  /  /1977Bridport Railway
Bridport station demolished.

Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

Manual level crossing gates on the Bridport to Maiden Newton line, seen from the branch single unit 55032 in January 1975. ...
Doug Nicholls 21/01/1975
Pressed Steel Class 121 single unit 55032 waits at Maiden Newton before heading back to Bridport on 21st January 1975. ...
Doug Nicholls 21/01/1975
Weymouth to Bristol Temple Meads train in March 1975, just arrived at Maiden Newton in Dorset, where passengers changed for the Bridport branch ...
David Bosher /03/1975
Maiden Newton on a January day in 1975. All very rural. A sobering thought the two youngsters in the picture waiting for the train will now be aged ...
Doug Nicholls 21/01/1975
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How we all used to love the view from the DMU. Toller from the Bridport branch unit, 55032, on 21st January 1975. ...
Doug Nicholls 21/01/1975
The rain soaked platform at Toller station on the Bridport Railway seen in August 1974. The station closed in May 1975 following which the wooden ...
Ian Dinmore /08/1974
2 of 2 images.




Believe it or not, when I took this photo of Bridport station in March 1975 it was still open to passengers although the building was obsolete, ...
David Bosher /03/1975
Pressed Steel Class 121 single car unit 55032 at Bridport on 21st January 1975. ...
Doug Nicholls 21/01/1975
The single diesel unit from Maiden Newton has just arrived at Bridport station in March 1975, two months before the line closed. The station has been ...
David Bosher /03/1975
End of the line. Bridport, Dorset, in 1975 with a train from Maiden Newton at the terminus of the former branch to West Bay. ...
Ian Dinmore /04/1975
4 of 5 images. more