West Bay Extension (Bridport Railway)



Dates

31/03/1884West Bay Extension (Bridport Railway)
Bridport Railway extended from Bridport to Bridport, West Bay with intermediary station Bridport, East Street.
26/07/1901Bridport Railway
West Bay Extension (Bridport Railway)
Great Western Railway
Absorption of the Bridport Railway by the Great Western Railway confirmed by Act of Parliament.
31/12/1915West Bay Extension (Bridport Railway)
Line closed during Great War.
07/07/1919West Bay Extension (Bridport Railway)
Line re-opened after Great War.
22/09/1930West Bay Extension (Bridport Railway)
Extension closed to passengers. Bridport, West Bay and Bridport, East Street closed.
03/12/1962West Bay Extension (Bridport Railway)
Bridport, West Bay to Bridport closed to goods, but remains open for mineral traffic.
01/01/1966West Bay Extension (Bridport Railway)
Bridport, West Bay to Bridport (excluded) closed.

Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

Believe it or not, when I took this photo of Bridport station in March 1975 it was still open to passengers although the building was obsolete, ...
David Bosher /03/1975
Pressed Steel Class 121 single car unit 55032 at Bridport on 21st January 1975. ...
Doug Nicholls 21/01/1975
The single diesel unit from Maiden Newton has just arrived at Bridport station in March 1975, two months before the line closed. The station has been ...
David Bosher /03/1975
End of the line. Bridport, Dorset, in 1975 with a train from Maiden Newton at the terminus of the former branch to West Bay. ...
Ian Dinmore /04/1975
4 of 5 images. more




The former terminus station at West Bay, at the end of the short lived extension south from Bridport on the branch line from Maiden Newton, seen on ...
David Pesterfield 12/05/2015
Looking seaward to the former West Bay station south of Bridport, showing the sleeper wall erected along the approach track-bed and the departure home ...
David Pesterfield 12/05/2015
Looking south towards the buffer stops along the former terminus at West Bay, at the end of the short lived extension south from Bridport on the ...
David Pesterfield 12/05/2015
3 of 3 images.