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Easton and Church Hope Railway

Disused railway line in Dorset, England

The Portland Branch railway refers to a group of lines on the Isle of Portland in the English county of Dorset. The first was the Portland Railway, a tramway with a counterbalanced rope-worked incline.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1867Founded1

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The Portland Branch railway refers to a group of lines on the Isle of Portland in the English county of Dorset. The first was the Portland Railway, a tramway with a counterbalanced rope-worked incline.2

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by British Rail1

Timeline

  1. 1867Founded Founded1

Sources

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