Bason Bridge railway station

Bason Bridge
Bason Bridge railway station in 1963
Location
Place	nr East Huntspill
Area	Sedgemoor
Grid reference	ST305458
Operations
Pre-grouping	Somerset Central Railway
Post-grouping	SR and LMS Western Region of British Railways
Platforms	1
History
July 1856	Opened
10 June 1963	Closed to goods traffic
7 March 1966	Closed to passengers
2 October 1972	Closed to milk traffic
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Bason Bridge railway station was a station on the Highbridge branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, serving the village of East Huntspill.

Opened by the Somerset Central Railway in 1856, the station consisted of a wooden platform and buildings. A level crossing, goods yard and dedicated siding for milk train to the Wiltshire United Co-operative Society's creamery, were operated from two lever frames, one at each end of the station.

The station closed with the SDJR on 7 March 1966, although access to the dairy was maintained via a spur from Highbridge. In the months before closure, goods trains loaded with fly ash tipped at the construction site of the M5 motorway to enable it to progress across the Somerset Levels. Progress on construction of the motorway finally closed the spur line on 3 October 1972. The station site was later cleared, but the station house survives as a private house.^[1]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Edington Line and station closed		Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway LSWR and Midland Railways		Highbridge and Burnham Station open

References

• R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1

1. "Historical East Huntspill in Somerset". East Huntspill Parish Council. Retrieved 15 January 2014.

External links

• http://www.sdjr.net/locations/bason_bridge.html
• Station on navigable O.S. map

Coordinates: 51°12′28″N 2°56′16″W / 51.2077°N 2.9377°W