Monkton and Came Halt railway station

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Monkton and Came Halt
General information
Location Winterborne Monkton, Dorset
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Great Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 July 1905Opened as Came Bridge Halt
1 October 1905Renamed Monkton and Came (Golf Links) Halt
7 January 1957Closed

Monkton and Came Halt was a railway station between Weymouth and Dorchester in the county of Dorset in England. It was on what is now the Heart of Wessex Line and South West Main Line.

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History

Opened by the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1905, it was part of a scheme by the railway company to counter road competition. Served by local Weymouth to Dorchester rail motor trains, the station had GWR pagoda shelters and wooden platforms. The platforms were later replaced with brick built structures but the pagodas remained until road competition saw the closure of the halt in 1957. [1] The halt was called Came Bridge when opened but the name was changed shortly afterward. There is little habitation nearby and the halt existed mainly to serve an adjacent Golf Course as well as visitors to the nearby Maiden Castle. The settlement of Winterborne Monkton is west of the former halt, and Winterborne Came to the east.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Dorchester West
Line Open, Station Open
  Great Western Railway
Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway
  Upwey Wishing Well Halt
Line Open, Station Closed

Present day

A few remains of the platforms of the halt can be seen by walking up the field adjacent to the railway in the direction of Dorchester. Trains still pass on the Heart of Wessex Line and the South West Main Line.

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References

Coordinates: 50°41′37″N2°27′01″W / 50.6935°N 2.4503°W / 50.6935; -2.4503

  1. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 301. OCLC   931112387.