Bridgwater North railway station

Bridgwater North
265px The station in 1963
Location
Place	Bridgwater
Area	Sedgemoor
Coordinates
Grid reference	ST304374
Operations
Original company	Bridgwater Railway
Pre-grouping	Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Post-grouping	Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Platforms	2
History
21 July 1890 (1890-07-21)	Opened as Bridgwater
26 September 1949	Renamed Bridgwater North
1 December 1952 (1952-12-01)	Closed
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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The passenger station closed when the branch service was withdrawn on 1 December 1952, although access to the wharves was maintained, via the GWR, for goods until 1967.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.

The site is now occupied by a Sainsburys supermarket and an adjacent large retail park.

Railways in the Bridgwater area
Legend
Bristol to Exeter Line to Highbridge to Highbridge River Parrett ROF Bridgwater
Dunball  Dunballdown line Cement & Lime works Dunball Wharf sidings King's Sedgemoor Drain Dunballup line
Bridgwater  S&DJR Bridgwater branch to Edington British Cellophane Bridgwater Spinx Cement Works S&DJR wharf sidings Bridgwater(S&DJR) passenger & goods Bridgwater Goods(GWR) Taunton and Bridgwater Canal Bridgwater(GWR) Carriage works to Taunton Somerset Bridge over River Parrett Bristol to Exeter Line to Taunton 1. Bridgwater Docks 2. "Telescopic” bridge 3. Clink Yard 4. Bridgwater Cement, Lime, Brick & Tile Works 5. 1954 connection 6. Church Street

References

• Harrison, J. D. (1990). The Bridgwater Railway. Wallingford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-403-2

External links

• S&DJR stations - Bridgwater
• Station on navigable O.S. map

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Bawdrip Halt Line and station closed		Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway Bridgwater Railway		Terminus