Upwey  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Upwey,Dorset England | ||||
| Coordinates | 50°38′53″N2°27′58″W / 50.648°N 2.466°W /50.648; -2.466 | ||||
| Grid reference | SY671832 | ||||
| Managed by | South Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | UPW | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 19 April 1886 (1886-04-19) | Opened asUpwey Junction | ||||
| 1952 | Abbotsbury branch closed | ||||
| 1 December 1952 | RenamedUpwey & Broadwey | ||||
| 12 May 1980 | RenamedUpwey | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  13,814 | ||||
| Interchange | 8,807 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  36,086 | ||||
| Interchange | 26,242 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 43,128 | ||||
| Interchange | 57,243 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 46,534 | ||||
| Interchange | 21,420 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 53,534 | ||||
| Interchange | 17,018 | ||||
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Upwey railway station serves theBroadwey,Upwey andLittlemoor suburbs ofWeymouth inDorset, England. The station is situated on theSouth West Main Line, 140 miles 31 chains (225.9 km) fromLondon Waterloo and on theHeart of Wessex Line, 166 miles 30 chains (267.8 km) fromLondon Paddington.[1]
The first station near this location, simply namedUpwey, was opened in 1871 by theGreat Western Railway (GWR).[2] On 19 April 1886 that station was replaced by the current station, then namedUpwey Junction, a railway junction that opened south of the original station to provide access to the single trackAbbotsbury branch. The branch was absorbed into the GWR and survived for 66 years before closure underBritish Railways in 1952.[3] On the closure of the branch Upwey Junction was renamedUpwey and Broadwey on 1 December 1952,[2] and took its current name,Upwey, on 12 May 1980.[2]
During theNetwork SouthEast era, the station was refurbished with the trademark red lighting poles, station benches and monitor screens for train arrivals. Rubble from the rebuiltWeymouth station was used to fill in the former Abbotsbury platform for use as a car park. This was done in time for the extension of electrification from Bournemouth to Weymouth in 1988.
Two further stations had Upwey in their name. To the north of Upwey Junction existed a halt calledUpwey Wishing Well Halt, while around the bend on the Abbotsbury branch was a station which had originally been called Broadwey. However its name was changed toUpwey as it kept being confused withBroadway, Worcestershire, also on theGreat Western Railway.[3]
Thomas Hardy wrote a poemAt the Railway Station, Upway,[4] about waiting for a train at a country station. In the days of steam, a favourite excursion was from Weymouth to Upwey, and then on to tea at theUpwey Wishing Well bycharabanc.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| Broadwey | Great Western Railway Abbotsbury Branch | Radipole | ||
| Upwey Wishing Well Halt | Great Western Railway London Paddington-Weymouth | |||
| London and South Western Railway London Waterloo-Weymouth | ||||
On 24 January 2013, a passenger train caught fire at Upwey.[5]
Services are provided by twotrain operating companies:
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Dorchester South | South Western Railway | Weymouth | ||
| Great Western Railway | ||||
