Cole (for Bruton) railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Railway in South Somerset, serving the village of Cole, which is now virtually joined to the village of Pitcombe and the town of Bruton.
Cole (for Bruton) | |
|---|---|
_station_geograph-3086251-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg) Location of station (1984) | |
| General information | |
| Location | Cole, South Somerset England |
| Grid reference | ST671334 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Dorset Central Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway |
| Post-grouping | SR and LMSR Western Region of British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 3 February 1862 | Opened |
| 7 March 1966 | Closed[1] |
Cole was the station where the Dorset Central Railway line from Templecombe met the Somerset Central Railway line from Glastonbury and Street railway station in 1862. Later that year the two companies combined to form the Somerset and Dorset Railway.
Just north of the station the line crossed the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway although the two railways were not connected here.
The goods yard closed on 5 April 1965[2] and Cole station was closed with the railway in the Beeching cuts in 1966.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wincanton Line and station closed |
Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway LSWR and Midland Railways |
Evercreech Junction Line and station closed |
References
edit- Somerset Railway Stations, by Mike Oakley (Dovecote Press, 2002)
External links
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