Cole (for Bruton) railway station
Cole (for Bruton) railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Railway in South Somerset, serving the village of Cole, which is now virtually joined to the village of Pitcombe and the small town of Bruton.
| Cole (for Bruton) | |
|---|---|
_station_geograph-3086251-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg) Location of station (1984) | |
| Location | |
| Place | Cole |
| Area | South Somerset |
| Grid reference | ST671334 |
| Operations | |
| Pre-grouping | Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway |
| Post-grouping | SR and LMSR Western Region of British Railways |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 3 February 1862 | Opened |
| 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 | |
Cole was the station where the Dorset Central Railway line from Templecombe met the Somerset Central Railway line from Glastonbury and Street railway station in 1862. Later that year the two companies combined to form the Somerset and Dorset Railway.
Just north of the station the line crossed the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway although the two railways were not connected here.
The goods yard closed on 5 April 1965[1] and Cole station was closed with the railway in the Beeching cuts in 1966.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wincanton Line and station closed |
Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway LSWR and Midland Railways |
Evercreech Junction Line and station closed |
References
- Somerset and Dorset then and now by Mac Hawkins page 138
- Somerset Railway Stations, by Mike Oakley (Dovecote Press, 2002)
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