Easton railway station (England)

Disused railway station in Dorset, England

Easton

Photograph of the approach to Easton Railway Station, in November 1962

General information
Location| Isle of Portland, Dorset
England
Platforms| 1
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Original company| Weymouth and Portland Railway
Pre-grouping| Great Western Railway
Post-grouping| Great Western Railway
British Railways (Southern Region)
Key dates
1 September 1901 (1901-09-01)| Station opening
1952 (1952)| Closed to passengers
1965 (1965)| Closed to freight

Easton railway station was the terminus of the Portland Branch Railway, which operated on the Isle of Portland in the south of the English county of Dorset.

## History

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The station opened with the Easton and Church Hope Railway, one of the constituent parts of a complex line, on 1 September 1902. The line past Portland station was technically a separate railway, although the branch was operated as one line throughout. Easton was closed between 11 November 1940 and 1 January 1945 following air raid damage during the Second World War.

Although the station closed to passengers in 1952 regular freight kept the line in use until 1965. The station was demolished in the 1970s.

## The site today

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Derelict Easton station, Portland, Dorset, March 1970

The area is now the site of a residential home for the elderly.[1]

Preceding station  |  | Disused railways  |  | Following station

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Portland (Dorset)
Line and station closed |  | GWR and LSWR
Portland Branch Railway |  | Terminus

## References

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1. ^ Geoff Kirby. "Easton Square, Portland, Dorset". Exploring Portland.

* Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
* Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
* Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
* Station on navigable O.S. map

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