Bawdrip Halt railway station

Bawdrip Halt was a railway station at Bawdrip on the Bridgwater branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

Bawdrip Halt
LocationBawdrip
England
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companySomerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Key dates
7 July 1923 (1923-07-07)Station opened as Bawdrip Halt
1 December 1952 (1952-12-01)Station closed

Although the line had opened in 1890, station facilities at Bawdrip were not provided until 7 July 1923, after petitioning by local people. The new halt was surprisingly popular, with 2,185 passengers using it between 7 July and 29 September 1923.

It consisted of a single concrete platform 140 feet long; a waiting shelter was provided during 1924.[1]

The station closed when the branch service was withdrawn on 1 December 1952.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Cossington
Line and station closed		   Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
LSWR and Midland Railways		   Bridgwater North
Line and station closed

References
  1. Harrison, J D (1990). The Bridgwater Railway. Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-403-2.

Further reading
  • R.V.J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  • Mike Oakley (2002). Somerset Railway Stations. Dovecote Press, Wimborne. ISBN 1-904349-09-9.

Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
This diagram shows the maximum extent of the line.
All distances and timings are cumulative
from Bath Green Park railway station.
km  
h:min
0.00
Bath Green Park
originally Queen Square
0:00
Bridge over River Avon
0.40
 Bath Goods Depot
Coal-Gas Works
0.82
Mangotsfield and Bath branch line (MR)
to Bristol Temple Meads │ to Mangotsfield
0:01
Great Western main line
to Bristol Temple Meads │ to London
0:02
Devonshire Tunnel
0:04
Combe Down Tunnel
0:05
Tucking Mill Viaduct
0:06
7.02
 Midford
0:10
Bristol and North Somerset Railway (GWR)
to Limpley Stoke
0:11
10.88
 Wellow
0:17
13.80
 Shoscombe and Single Hill Halt
0:22
Writhlington Colliery sidings
formerly Foxcote
0:23
17.14
 Radstock North
0:26
Bristol and North Somerset Railway (GWR)
to Frome
0:29
20.16
 Midsomer Norton
0:35
Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust
Chilcompton Tunnel
23.32
 Chilcompton
0:44
27.46
 Binegar
0:52
Summit
247 m above sea level
29.99
 Masbury
0:56
81.73
 Burnham-on-Sea
2:16
Bristol and Exeter Railway (GWR)
to Bristol Temple Meads
 Winsor Hill Tunnel
78.92
 Highbridge
2:11
Highbridge Locomotive,
Carriage and Wagon Works
76.28
 Bason Bridge
2:06
70.67
 Edington Burtle
1:58
75.10
 Cossington
2:04
77.37
 Bawdrip Halt
2:09
67.17
 Shapwick
1:52
64.09
 Ashcott
1:47
Bridgwater Spinx Cement Works
Bridgwater cement, lime,
brick and tile Works
81.94
 Bridgwater North
2:12
Bridgwater
(GWR)
Bristol and Exeter Railway (GWR)
to Taunton
59.75
 Glastonbury and Street
1:39
64.57
 Polsham
1:47
Cheddar Valley line (GWR)
to Yatton
68.60
 Wells (Tucker Street)
 Charlton Viaduct
1:01
68.60
 Wells (Priory Road)
1:53
35.16
 Shepton Mallet (Charlton Road)
1:02
 Shepton Mallet (High Street)
51.24
 West Pennard
1:28
Cock Mill Crossing
45.79
 Pylle
1:20
East Somerset Railway (GWR)
to Witham
1:03
Prestleigh Viaduct
40.07
 Evercreech New
1:10
42.04
Evercreech Junction
1:15
42.52
 Evercreech Junction
1:16
Heart of Wessex Line &
Reading–Taunton line
(GWR)
1:23
46.99
 Cole (for Bruton)
1:24
53.83
 Wincanton
1:33
59.48
 Templecombe
1:42
59.64
West of England line (LSWR)
to Exeter Central │ to London
1:43
 Tower View
 Common Lane & Depot
Gartell Light Railway
 Pinesway Junction
 Park Lane
62.52
 Henstridge
1:50
Somerset
Dorset
border
64.92
 Stalbridge
1:55
71.31
 Sturminster Newton
2:03
76.20
 Shillingstone
2:10
Shillingstone Railway Project
(under construction)
 Stourpaine and Durweston Halt
2:16
84.99
 Blandford Forum
2:24
 Blandford Camp
86.90
 Charlton Marshall Halt
2:29
89.42
 Spetisbury
2:34
94.83
 Bailey Gate
2:42
Southampton and Dorchester Railway
to Ringwood
102.88
 Wimborne
2:53
97.69
 Corfe Mullen Halt
2:49
102.51
 Broadstone Junction
2:55
Broadstone Junction
2:57
Holes Bay
104.59
 Creekmoor Halt
2:59
Backwater Channel
 Hamworthy Junction
3:02
South Western main line (LSWR)
to Weymouth
Hamworthy (original station)
now Hamworthy Goods Depot
 Poole Quay
108.03
 Poole
3:03
110.96
 Parkstone
3:13
113.07
 Branksome
3:18
Branksome Junction
Bournemouth West Junction
Gasworks Junction
 Bournemouth Depot
3:20
115.03
 Bournemouth West
3:23
 Meyrick Park Halt
 Bournemouth Central
3:24
South Western main line (LSWR)
to London
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