East Street (Bridport) railway station
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Bridport East Street was a railway station on the Bridport Railway in the west of the English
county of Dorset
. Opened on 11 March 1884, before the extension terminus at West Bay. Sited just south of the level crossing on the A35
Dorchester to Honiton
road, it was slightly nearer the centre of Bridport than the main station at Bradpole Road. Closed during the First World War and again in 1920, the station closed with the West Bay extension on 22 September 1930 when the GWR
gave up on hopes of creating a resort at West Bay.
Bridport town centre bypass for many years
ISBN 978-0-85361-520-0
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
county of Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
. Opened on 11 March 1884, before the extension terminus at West Bay. Sited just south of the level crossing on the A35
A35 road
The A35 is a trunk road in southern England, running from Honiton in Devon, that then passes through Dorset and terminates in Southampton, Hampshire...
Dorchester to Honiton
Honiton
Honiton is a town and civil parish in East Devon, situated close to the River Otter, north east of Exeter in the county of Devon. The town's name is pronounced in two ways, and , each pronunciation having its adherents...
road, it was slightly nearer the centre of Bridport than the main station at Bradpole Road. Closed during the First World War and again in 1920, the station closed with the West Bay extension on 22 September 1930 when the GWR
Great 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...
gave up on hopes of creating a resort at West Bay.
The site today
Nothing is now left as the site has been under the A35A35 road
The A35 is a trunk road in southern England, running from Honiton in Devon, that then passes through Dorset and terminates in Southampton, Hampshire...
Bridport town centre bypass for many years
Further reading
- Railways of Dorset J.H.Lucking Railway Correspondence and Travel SocietyRailway Correspondence and Travel SocietyThe Railway Correspondence and Travel Society is a national society founded in Cheltenham, UK in 1928 to bring together those interested in rail transport and locomotives....
1968 (no ISBN)
ISBN 978-0-85361-520-0