Evershot railway station
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Evershot was a railway station in the county of Dorset
in England
. Served by trains on what is now known as the Heart of Wessex Line
, it was two miles from the village it served at Holywell, just south of Evershot Tunnel. The station consisted of two platforms, a small goods yard and signal box
. It had a station building on the up platform.
, it became part of the Great Western Railway
. Remaining in that company in the grouping of 1923, 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 The station closed when local trains were withdrawn during the Beeching purges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.
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...
in England
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...
. Served by trains on what is now known as the Heart of Wessex Line
Heart of Wessex Line
The Heart of Wessex Line, also known as the Bristol to Weymouth line, is a United Kingdom railway line that runs from Bristol to Westbury to Weymouth...
, it was two miles from the village it served at Holywell, just south of Evershot Tunnel. The station consisted of two platforms, a small goods yard and signal box
Signal box
On a rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to ensure that trains operate safely, over the correct route and to the proper timetable...
. It had a station building on the up platform.
History
Opened on the 20th of January, 1857 by the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth RailwayWilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway
The Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway was a broad gauge railway that linked the Great Western Railway at Chippenham in 'Wilts' with Weymouth in Dorset, England. Branches ran to Devizes, Bradford-on-Avon and Salisbury in Wiltshire, and to Radstock in Somerset. The majority of the line survives...
, it became part of the Great Western Railway
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...
. Remaining in that company in the grouping of 1923, 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.