Place Winterborne Monkton Original company Great Western Railway | 7 January 1957 Closed Platforms in use 2 | |
Area District of West Dorset Post-grouping Southern Region of British Railways 1 July 1905 Opened as Came Bridge Halt 1 October 1905 Renamed Monkton and Came (Golf Links) Halt Similar Upwey (Dorset) railway st, Dorchester West railway st, Weymouth railway station | ||
Monkton and Came Halt was a railway station between Weymouth and Dorchester in the county of Dorset in England. It was on what is now the Heart of Wessex Line and South Western Main Line.
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History
Opened by the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1905, it was part of a scheme by the railway company to counter road competition. Served by local Weymouth to Dorchester rail motor trains, the station had GWR pagoda shelters and wooden platforms. The platforms were later replaced with brick built structures but the pagodas remained until road competition saw the closure of the halt in 1957. The halt was called Came Bridge when opened but the name was changed shortly afterward. There is little habitation nearby and the halt existed mainly to serve an adjacent Golf Course as well as visitors to the nearby Maiden Castle.
Present day
The platforms of the halt can be seen by walking up the field adjacent to the railway in the direction of Dorchester. Trains still pass on the Heart of Wessex Line and the South Western Main Line.