Bridgwater North railway station

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Bridgwater North
Location
Location Bridgwater
Area Sedgemoor
Operations
Original company Bridgwater Railway
Pre-grouping Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Platforms 2
History
Key dates Opened 21 July 1890
Closed 1 December 1952
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom

Closed railway stations in Britain
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Bridgwater North railway station was the terminus of the Bridgwater branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. Opened as part of the Bridgwater Railway on 21 July 1890, it was named Bridgwater, and renamed Bridgwater North in 1949 when it came under British Railways ownership, to avoid confusion with the larger Great Western Railway (GWR) station in the town. The station consisted of an island platform with a canopy, goods yard and a connection to riverside wharves.

The passenger station closed when the branch service was withdrawn on 1 December 1952, although access to the wharves was maintained, via the GWR, for goods until 1967.

Bridgwater railway station remains open on the Bristol to Taunton Line.

[edit] The Site Today

The site is now occupied by a supermarket (Sainsburys) and an adjacent large retail park.[1]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Bawdrip Halt
Line and station closed		   Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
LSWR & Midland Railways		   Terminus

[edit] Further reading

  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.