Bridport West Bay railway station

Bridport West Bay
265px Former railway station
Location
Place	Bridport
Area	West Dorset
Grid reference	SY465904
Operations
Pre-grouping	Bridport Railway GWR
Post-grouping	GWR Western Region of British Railways
Platforms	1
History
31 March 1884	Opened
1 January 1916	Closed
5 January 1920	Reopened
11 April 1921	Closed
11 July 1921	Reopened
22 September 1924	Closed
6 October 1924	Reopened
22 September 1930	Closed for passengers
1962	closed for freight traffic
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West Bay railway station was the terminus of the Bridport Railway in western Dorset, England. In 1879, the Great Western Railway, who held the operating licence for the original Bridport Railway (which ran as far as Bridport town), decided to extend the railway to Bridport Harbour. Construction started in 1883, and the line opened on 31 March 1884. The station was called West Bay by the GWR in order to encourage holiday traffic. The line between West Bay and Bridport closed to passengers in 1930, and operated for goods services only until its final closure in 1962.

The site today

After many years as the office of a boat yard, the station is now restored with a short length of track at the platform. A cafe occupied the building until closed in the summer of 2008, but reopened again as a tea room under the name 'The Tea Station' in 2010, and then being bought again in 2014 and is now trading as a cafe under the name 'The Station Cafe'. From West Bay, a section of the former track bed can now be walked into Bridport.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
East Street (Bridport) Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Bridport Railway		Terminus

References

• Station on navigable O.S. map