Station Name: MELCOMBE REGIS

 

[Source: Nick Catford]


Date opened: 30.5.1909
Location: On east side of Radipole Park Drive north of roundabout on A353
Company on opening: Weymouth & Portland Joint Railway
Date closed to passengers: 12.9.1959
Date closed completely: 12.9.1959
Company on closing: British Railways (Southern Region)
Present state: Unknown - Jubilee Close appears to lie on the site of the station
County: Dorset
OS Grid Ref: SY677796
Date of visit: March 1983 & September 1993

Notes: The station opened as an addition to Weymouth Station for Portland branch trains to save them having to reverse in and out of Weymouth. The station officially closed on 3.3.1952 but was retained as a summer Saturdays overflow for Weymouth until 12.5.1959.

 

Melcombe Regis Station in March 1983
Photo by Nick Catford



Melcombe Regis Station shortly after opening

1983

1983

1993

 

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[Source: Nick Catford]
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