Toller railway station
Toller was a railway station on the Bridport Railway in the west of the English county of Dorset. The station served the village of Toller Porcorum. Opened on 31 March 1862, five years after the branch, it consisted of a single platform and modest wooden building.
Toller | |
|---|---|
 The former Toller station building now rebuilt at Totnes | |
| Location | Toller Porcorum, West Dorset England |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Bridport Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 31 March 1862 | Station opens |
| 5 May 1975 | Station closes |
History
Opened by the Bridport Railway, but operated from the outset by the Great Western Railway, it was placed in the Western Region when the railways were nationalised in 1948.
The branch was threatened with closure in the Beeching report, but narrow roads in the area, unsuitable for buses, kept it open until 5 May 1975. In its final years, trains were normally formed of a single carriage Class 121 diesel railcar.
The site today
The platform can still be seen from the overbridge although the building was moved to Totnes on the South Devon Railway, a heritage line.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maiden Newton Heart of Wessex Line |
Great Western Railway Bridport Railway |
Powerstock Line and station closed |
Further reading
- R.V.J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1 85260 508 1.
- J.H. Lucking (1968). Railways of Dorset. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society.