Radstock West railway station

Radstock West railway station was a station on the Bristol and North Somerset Railway in the county of Bath and North East Somerset in England.

Radstock West
Location
PlaceRadstock
AreaBath and North East Somerset
Coordinates51.292464°N 2.447464°W / 51.292464; -2.447464
Operations
Original companyBristol and North Somerset Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Platforms2
History
3 September 1873 (1873-09-03)Opened as Radstock
26 September 1949Renamed Radstock West
2 November 1959 (1959-11-02)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

History

Opened as Radstock on 3 September 1873,[1] it was located immediately to the southwest of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway's Radstock North (1874-1966). The station was renamed Radstock West on 26 September 1949, and closed on 2 November 1959.[1][2] Concurrently with the closure of the S&DJR on 7 March 1966, a connection was made to the S&DJR. This allowed trains on the former B&NSR to traverse a short spur through Radstock North to the Lower Writhlington, Braysdown and Writhlington collieries, to transport coal to Portishead power station. After the last coal from the Somerset Coalfield was extracted from Writhlington Colliery on 28 September 1973, the spur was dismantled.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Mells Road
Line and station closed		   Great Western Railway
Bristol and North Somerset Railway		   Midsomer Norton and Welton
Line and station closed
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References
  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 193. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. D W Warnock and R G Parsons, The Bristol and North Somerset Railway since 1884, Avon Anglia Productions, Bristol, 1979, ISBN 0 905 466 217
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