Date: 30/07/2020

Controversial plans to remove Weymouth's historic harbour railway line are on track to start this autumn. Drivers are being warned of disruption as roads will need to be closed when the project gets underway in October. Numerous accidents have been caused by the disused metal railway tracks, which run from Commercial Road to Custom House Quay as they become slippery in wet weather as well as posing a hazard to cyclists and motorcyclists. Dorset Council engineers will start taking up the tracks at King Street, continuing along Commercial Road.

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Plans to remove harbour railway line on track to start in October

Dorset Echo

CONTROVERSIAL plans to remove Weymouth's historic harbour railway line are on track to start this autumn.

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This photograph was taken on a Brownie 127 camera in, I think, 1955. It shows the Channel Islands steamer, the boat train and the Quay station. See image [[48062]] for a more recent view of the station.
Location: Weymouth Quay
Company: Weymouth Harbour Tramway (Weymouth and Portland Railway)
//1955 Andrew Saunders

'Strewth! That local cider must be stronger than I thought...' 33115 with The Royal Wessex at Weymouth Quay on 25 April 1976. 33103 was on the other end of the train. The special, organised by the Lea Valley Railway Club, ran from Waterloo.
Location: Weymouth Quay
Company: Weymouth Harbour Tramway (Weymouth and Portland Railway)
25/04/1976 Ian Dinmore

Looking along Custom House Quay from the junction with The Quay and Esplanade in May 2015, showing the check railed points on the disused Weymouth Tramway at the approach to the harbour station (behind the camera).
Location: Weymouth Quay
Company: Weymouth Harbour Tramway (Weymouth and Portland Railway)
12/05/2015 David Pesterfield