Upwey Wishing Well Halt Railway Station
Upwey Wishing Well Halt was a railway station serving the northern part of the village of Upwey, now a suburb of Weymouth in the county of Dorset in England. It was on what is now known as the Heart of Wessex Line and the South Western Main Line.
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