Place Portesham 9 November 1885 Station opens Original company Great Western Railway | Area West Dorset 1 December 1952 Station closes Platforms in use 1 | |
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Post-grouping Western Region of British Railways Similar Coryates Halt railway st, Abbotsbury railway station, Coronation Chair | ||
Portesham was a small railway station on the Abbotsbury branch railway in the west of the English county of Dorset. Opened on 9 November 1885 by the Abbotsbury Railway, it was sited across the fields from Portesham village not far from an underbridge carrying the line across the Weymouth to Abbotsbury road at a skew angle. Just to the east of the station an incline provided access to quarries near the Hardy Monument.
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Buildings
A typical William Clarke stone building served the single platform, although the station also had a passing loop. The goods shed functioned for the life of the branch. The station was the site of a Camping coach. The station closed with the branch in 1952.
The site today
The station building is now part of a private dwelling and is used as a holiday let.