Edington railway station

Edington Burtle railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, and served the village of Edington, Somerset, UK. Originally named Edington Road, with the village two miles away, it became in 1890 the junction for the Bridgwater branch off the Highbridge line and for the next period in its life was known as Edington Junction. After the Bridgwater line closed to passengers in 1952, the station was renamed as Edington Burtle Burtle is a village to the north of the station, and somewhat closer than Edington. In February 1956 the down platform and signal box was closed. Goods Yard closed on 13 July 1964.[1] It closed in March 1966 when the line was shut as part of the Beeching axe.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Shapwick
Line and station closed
  Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
LSWR & Midland Railways
Highbridge Line
  Bason Bridge
Line and station closed
  Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
LSWR & Midland Railways
Bridgwater Branch
  Cossington
Line and station closed

Edington Burtle
Site of the station in 1995
LocationEdington, Sedgemoor
England
Grid referenceST392428
Platforms3
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingSomerset Central Railway
Post-groupingSR and LMS
Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
1856Opened (Edington Road)
21 July 1890Renamed (Edington Junction)
8 June 1953Renamed (Edington Burtle)
7 March 1966Closed

References

  1. The Somerset & Dorset Then and Now by Mac Hawkins page 191
  • Somerset Railway Stations, by Mike Oakley. Dovecote Press, 2002.


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