Radstock North railway station
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| Location | |||
| Location | Radstock | ||
| Area | Bath and North East Somerset | ||
| Grid reference | ST689550 | ||
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| Pre-grouping | Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway | ||
| Post-grouping | SR and LMSR Western Region of British Railways |
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| Platforms | 2 | ||
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| 20 July 1874 | Opened (Radstock) | ||
| 26 September 1949 | Renamed (Radstock North) | ||
| 7 March 1966 | Closed | ||
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Radstock North railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway in the county of Somerset in England. Opened as Radstock on 20 July 1874, it was renamed in 1949 to differentiate it from the other Radstock station on the former Bristol and North Somerset Railway, later GWR, which became Radstock West. The station consisted of two platforms, a goods yard and cattle dock. The extensive collieries in the area also supported a locomotive shed and wagon works. These operations were controlled from two signal boxes.
The station closed to goods in 1964: passenger services were withdrawn when the SDJR closed in 1966, although a link was constructed to the GWR line to allow access to Writhlington Colliery, now a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
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[edit] Accident
A head on collision at Foxcote near Radstock was the worst accident in the line's history.[1]
[edit] The Site Today
The site is now a green space alongside a road.[2]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Midsomer Norton South Line and station closed |
Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway LSWR & Midland Railways |
Shoscombe and Single Hill Halt Line and station closed |
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[edit] Further reading
- R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1 85260 508 1
