{"id":7850,"date":"2023-08-23T19:12:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T18:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/?p=7850"},"modified":"2023-08-23T19:12:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T18:12:05","slug":"upwey-wishing-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/?p=7850","title":{"rendered":"Upwey Wishing Well"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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LMS Jubilee 4-6-0 No. 45596 ‘Bahamas’ working the final 2023 Railway Touring Company organised “Dorset Coast Express” 1Z92 0845 London Victoria to Weymouth – 17\/08\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Augus<\/strong>t 16th 2023 to August 23rd 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a long while I’ve been meaning to climb up to the railway line accessed from the old main road between Dorchester and Weymouth, just north of Upwey village, with the aim of photographing passing trains. This was once the site of Upwey Wishing Well Halt, and although the steps survive either side of the railway line, nothing now exists of the platforms which once stood here. Opened by the Great Western Railway (GWR) on 28th May 1905 and served by rail motor trains between Weymouth and Dorchester, the station survived until 7th January 1957 when it was closed. Originally the station was a two platform timber built affair with corrugated iron pagoda style shelters. The nearby tourist attraction of Upwey Wishing Well brought many visitors by rail in the early years of the halt’s existence, but increasing competition from road transport and buses which could deposit their passengers closer to the Well itself saw an ever diminishing use by rail passengers. The last remnants were swept away during the 1988 Bournemouth to Weymouth electrification scheme. Locked gates and fences protect observers from the railway, preventing trespass but affording a good view up to Bincombe tunnel. I chose Thursday 17th August to visit as there were two special excursion trains due to pass in relatively quick succession. Grateful thanks to Jamie<\/a> for the lift down to Upwey. A few days later I returned to Upwey and the actual Wishing Well to celebrate my mum’s 90th birthday. Happy days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Still in South Western Trains livery, South Western Railway Class 444 EMU No. 444045 runs past the site of the former Upwey Wishing Well Halt with 1W21 1035 London Waterloo to Weymouth – 17\/08\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Class 57 No. 57601 ‘Windsor Castle’ heads up “The Northern Belle: Weymouth Harbour” 1Z79 0711 Coventry to Weymouth – 17\/08\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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165137 – 2V68 1328 Weymouth to Gloucester<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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LMS Jubilee 4-6-0 No. 45596 ‘Bahamas’ works the final 2023 “Dorset Coast Express” 1Z92 0845 London Victoria to Weymouth coasting down Bincombe Bank – 17\/08\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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West Coast Railways Class 57 No. 57313 ‘Scarborough Castle’ working 5Z80 1333 Weymouth to Yeovil Pen Mill empty coaching stock movement designed to free up space in Weymouth because of the two excursion trains scheduled for the day works up Upwey Bank towards Bincombe Tunnel – 17\/08\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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