Monkton Combe Halt railway station

Monkton Combe Halt

Site of the station in 2001
Location
Place Monkton Combe
Area Bath and North East Somerset
Coordinates 51°21′21″N 2°19′33″W / 51.35595°N 2.32595°W / 51.35595; -2.32595Coordinates: 51°21′21″N 2°19′33″W / 51.35595°N 2.32595°W / 51.35595; -2.32595
Operations
Original company Bristol and North Somerset Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 2
History
1910 (1910) Opened
1915 Passenger services suspended
1923 Passenger services resumed
1925 Closed to passengers
15 February 1951 (1951-02-15) Line 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
UK Railways portal

Bristol and
North Somerset Railway

Legend
MR
Bristol and Gloucester Railway
to Gloucester

Bristol Harbour

GWR
Great Western Main Line
to London

Bristol Temple Meads
St Philip's Marsh(TMD)
River Avon
GWR
Bristol and Exeter Railway
to Exeter

Brislington
Whitchurch Halt
Pensford
Pensford Viaduct
over River Chew

Clutton
Camerton branch
Hallatrow
Farrington Gurney Halt
Paulton Halt
Radford and Timsbury Halt
Camerton
Dunkerton Colliery Halt
Dunkerton
Combe Hay Halt
Midsomer Norton and Welton
Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Radstock West
Midford Halt
Monkton Combe Halt
Wessex Main Line
to Bath Spa

Limpley Stoke
Mells Road
Westbury
Wessex Main Line
to Southampton

Whatley Quarry
Heart of Wessex Line
to Westbury

Frome
Heart of Wessex Line
to Weymouth

Monkton Combe Halt railway station is a former railway station in Monkton Combe, Somerset, UK. It was originally built by the Great Western Railway in 1910, on the Camerton branch of the Bristol and North Somerset Railway line. This branch had been built in 1882 from Hallatrow to Camerton, and extended in 1910 through Monkton Combe to Limpley Stoke railway station. There, it joined up with the line from Bath to Bradford-on-Avon railway station.

The Camerton branch was mainly used for coal - in particular, the colliery at Camerton. Traffic was light. Passenger services started in 1910 and were suspended during the First World War on 22 March 1915; they resumed in 1923 (on 9 July, though Midford Halt never reopened) but were withdrawn entirely two years later on 21 September 1925. Freight (goods) services on the branch from Hallatrow to Camerton also ceased on that date in 1925, leaving only the goods services from the Limpley Stoke end as far as Camerton for another 26 years, these being withdrawn on 15 February 1951.

The station was used for the Titfield station in an Ealing comedy called The Titfield Thunderbolt.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Midford Halt
Line and station closed
  Great Western Railway
Bristol and North Somerset Railway
  Limpley Stoke
Line and station closed
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, April 09, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.