Dunkerton Colliery Halt railway station

Dunkerton Colliery Halt railway station served the colliery near the village of Dunkerton, Somerset, England from 1911 to 1925 on the Bristol and North Somerset Railway.

Dunkerton Colliery Halt
Location
Place	Dunkerton
Area	Somerset
Coordinates	51.1931°N 2.2621°W / 51.1931; -2.2621
Grid reference	ST817437
Operations
Original company	Great Western Railway
Platforms	1
History
9 October 1911 (1911-10-09)	Opened
22 March 1915	Closed temporarily
9 July 1923	Reopened
21 September 1925 (1925-09-21)	Closed permanently
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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History

The station opened on 9 October 1911 by the Great Western Railway, around a year after the line and the main stations had opened. It was, from the outset, a basic unmanned halt, and was intended to serve the villages of Tunley and Carlingcott as well as workers at the colliery itself. The station first closed to passengers on 22 March 1915, reopened on 9 July 1923 and closed again on 21 September 1925 to both passengers and goods traffic.[1] The film The Titfield Thunderbolt was filmed on the line in summer 1952. The duel between the train and the steam roller was filmed in the disused sidings of the station where the film crew constructed a level crossing.[2]

References

1. "Dunkerton Colliery Halt (site of)". Wikimapia. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
2. "Dunkerton Colliery Halt". Flickr. Retrieved 21 April 2017.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Camerton Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Bristol and North Somerset Railway		Dunkerton Line and station closed