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Upwey railway station (England)

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was used to fill in the former Abbotsbury platform for use as a car park. This was done in time for the extension of electrification from Bournemouth to Weymouth in 1988.
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era, the station was refurbished with the trademark red lighting poles, station benches and monitor screens for train arrivals. Rubble from the rebuilt
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Two further stations had Upwey in their name. To the north of Upwey Junction existed a halt called
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branch. The branch was absorbed into the GWR and survived for 66 years before closure under
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in 1952. On the closure of the branch Upwey Junction was renamed
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generally operates eight trains per day between Weymouth and
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On 24 January 2013, a passenger train caught fire at Upwey.
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Upwey railway station, Dorset
Upwey railway station (Abbotsbury Railway)
National Rail

Upwey
Borough of Weymouth and Portland
50°38′53″N 2°27′58″W / 50.648°N 2.466°W / 50.648; -2.466
Grid reference
SY671832
South Western Railway
DfT category
Great Western Railway
Abbotsbury branch
Office of Rail and Road
Broadwey
Upwey
Littlemoor
Weymouth
Dorset
South West Main Line
London Waterloo
Heart of Wessex Line
London Paddington
Great Western Railway
Abbotsbury
British Railways
Network SouthEast
Weymouth station
Upwey Wishing Well Halt
Upwey

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