Cossington railway station

Cossington
Station building (1987)
Location
Place	Cossington
Area	Sedgemoor
Coordinates	51°09′46″N 2°55′12″W / 51.1627°N 2.9201°WCoordinates: 51°09′46″N 2°55′12″W / 51.1627°N 2.9201°W
Grid reference	ST357408
Operations
Original company	Bridgwater Railway
Pre-grouping	Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Post-grouping	Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Platforms	1
History
21 July 1890	Opened
1 December 1952	Closed[1]
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Cossington railway station was a station at Cossington on the Bridgwater branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. Opened on 21 July 1890 by the Bridgwater Railway, it consisted of a single platform with a stone building and a siding. This was controlled from a ground frame, the hut from which is now on the East Somerset Railway.

The station closed when the service was withdrawn on 1 December 1952.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Edington Jn. Line and station closed		Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Bridgwater Railway		Bawdrip Halt Line and station closed

References

1. Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 69. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.

External links

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