Edington railway station

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Edington Burtle
Location
Location	Edington
Area	Sedgemoor
Grid reference	ST392428
Operations
Pre-grouping	Somerset Central Railway
Post-grouping	SR and LMS Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms	1
History
1856	Opened (Edington Road)
21 July 1890	Renamed (Edington Junction)
8 June 1953	Renamed (Edington Burtle)
7 March 1966	Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D-F G H-J K-L M-O P-R S T-V W-Z
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Edington 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.

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 Halt Line and station closed
Junction		Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway LSWR & Midland Railways Bridgwater Branch		Cossington Line and station closed

[edit] References

• Somerset Railway Stations, by Mike Oakley. Dovecote Press, 2002.