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Upwey railway station (Abbotsbury Railway)

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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.
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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
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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
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British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region)
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on an embankment made access difficult. There was a goods shed, cattle pens and a 5 ton crane.
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Although it had a passenger platform, it mainly functioned as a goods depot as the location of
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The station was opened as Broadway on 9 November 1885 by the
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Station on navigable O.S. map location marked as Broadwey
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Upwey (formerly Broadwey) railway station
Broadwey
Dorset
50°39′04″N 2°28′17″W / 50.6511°N 2.4715°W / 50.6511; -2.4715
Grid reference
SY666836
Abbotsbury Railway
GWR
Western Region of British Railways
railway station
Abbotsbury branch railway
Dorset
England
Abbotsbury Railway
Abbotsbury
Upwey Junction
Great Western Railway
Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway
Broadway
Upwey Junction
GWR
camp coach
South West Main Line
Upwey Junction
South West Main Line
Great Western Railway
Abbotsbury branch railway
Coryates Halt

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