Station Name: UPWEY

 

[Source: Nick Catford]


Date opened: 9.11.1885
Location: On the west side of A354 opposite Littlemore Road
Company on opening: Great Western Railway
Date closed to passengers: 1.12.1952
Date closed completely: 1.1.1962
Company on closing: British Railways (Southern Region)
Present state: Unknown
County: Dorset
OS Grid Ref: SY667836
Date of visit: March 1983

Notes: The station was opened as Broadway but the name was later changed to Broadwey on 24.6.1896 and then Broadwey (Dorset) on 12.1.1906 finally changing to Upwey on 1.1.1913.

 

Upwey Station in March 1983
Photo by Nick Catford



Upwey Station about 1920
[Source: Nick Catford]
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