Upwey railway station (England)
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For the closed station in the vicinity, see Upwey railway station (Abbotsbury Railway).
Upwey railway station serves the Broadwey, Upwey and Littlemoor suburbs of Weymouth in Dorset, England. The station is situated on the South West Main Line, 140 miles 31 chains (225.9 km) from London Waterloo and on the Heart of Wessex Line, 166 miles 30 chains (267.8 km) from London Paddington.[1]
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General information | |||||
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Location | Upwey, Borough of Weymouth and Portland England | ||||
Coordinates | 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 as Upwey Junction | ||||
1952 | Abbotsbury branch closed | ||||
1 December 1952 | Renamed Upwey & Broadwey | ||||
12 May 1980 | Renamed Upwey | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 43,080 | ||||
2019/20 | 42,706 | ||||
Interchange | 31,286 | ||||
2020/21 | 13,814 | ||||
Interchange | 8,807 | ||||
2021/22 | 36,086 | ||||
Interchange | 26,242 | ||||
2022/23 | 43,128 | ||||
Interchange | 57,243 | ||||
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