Radstock West railway station

Disused railway station in Radstock, Somerset

51°17′33″N 2°26′51″W / 51.292464°N 2.447464°W / 51.292464; -2.447464Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyBristol and North Somerset RailwayPre-groupingGreat Western RailwayPost-groupingGreat Western RailwayKey dates3 September 1873 (1873-09-03)Opened as Radstock26 September 1949Renamed Radstock West2 November 1959 (1959-11-02)Closed

Radstock West railway station was a station on the Bristol and North Somerset Railway which served the town of Radstock in Somerset, England.

History

Opened as Radstock on 3 September 1873,[1] the station was renamed Radstock West on 26 September 1949, and closed on 2 November 1959.[1][2] It was located immediately to the southwest of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway's station, Radstock North (1874-1966).

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

References

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  1. ^ a b Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 193. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  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