Bradford Peverell & Stratton Halt
Encyclopedia
Bradford Peverell and Stratton Halt was a station on the Great Western Railway on what had originally been part of the Wiltshire, Somerset & Weymouth Railway. It was in the parish of Stratton just east of the main part of the village but also close to the parish of Bradford Peverell which it was also intended to serve. The relatively modern looking concrete platforms and shelters, standard products of the former Southern Railway
concrete factory at Exmouth Junction
, can still be seen next to the bridge carrying the line over the A37
Dorchester - Yeovil road.
, it was placed in the Western Region
when the railways were nationalised in 1948. The station closed when local trains were withdrawn during the Beeching purges
, taking effect on the 3rd October, 1966.
This study http://www.demandanalysis.co.uk/BA.pdf examines the possibility of reopening the halt.
Southern Railway (Great Britain)
The Southern Railway was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping. It linked London with the Channel ports, South West England, South coast resorts and Kent...
concrete factory at Exmouth Junction
Exmouth Junction
Exmouth Junction is the railway junction where the Exmouth branch line diverges from the London Waterloo to Exeter main line in Exeter, Devon, England. It was for many years the location for one of the largest engine sheds in the former London and South Western Railway...
, can still be seen next to the bridge carrying the line over the A37
A37 road
The A37 is a major road in southern England. It runs north from the A35 at Dorchester in Dorset into Somerset through Yeovil and Shepton Mallet before terminating at the Three Lamps junction with the A4 in central Bristol...
Dorchester - Yeovil road.
History
Opened on the 22 May 1933, by the Great Western RailwayGreat Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
, it was placed in the Western Region
Western Region of British Railways
The Western Region was a region of British Railways from 1948. The region ceased to be an operating unit in its own right in the 1980s and was wound up at the end of 1992...
when the railways were nationalised in 1948. The station closed when local trains were withdrawn during the Beeching purges
Beeching Axe
The Beeching Axe or the Beeching Cuts are informal names for the British Government's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system in the United Kingdom. The name is that of the main author of The Reshaping of British Railways, Dr Richard...
, taking effect on the 3rd October, 1966.
This study http://www.demandanalysis.co.uk/BA.pdf examines the possibility of reopening the halt.