Edington railway station

Edington Burtle railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, and served the village of Edington, Somerset, UK. Originally named Edington Road, with the village two miles away, it became in 1890 the junction for the Bridgwater branch off the Highbridge line and for the next period in its life was known as Edington Junction. After the Bridgwater line closed to passengers in 1952, the station was renamed as Edington Burtle – Burtle is a village to the north of the station, and somewhat closer than Edington. In February 1956 the down platform and signal box was closed. Goods Yard closed on 13 July 1964.^[1] It closed in March 1966 when the line was shut as part of the Beeching axe.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Shapwick Line and station closed		Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway LSWR & Midland Railways Highbridge Line		Bason Bridge Line and station closed
		Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway LSWR & Midland Railways Bridgwater Branch		Cossington Line and station closed

Edington Burtle
Site of the station in 1995
General information
Location	Edington, Sedgemoor England
Grid reference	ST392428
Platforms	3
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Somerset Central Railway
Post-grouping	SR and LMS Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
1856	Opened (Edington Road)
21 July 1890	Renamed (Edington Junction)
8 June 1953	Renamed (Edington Burtle)
7 March 1966	Closed

References

1. The Somerset & Dorset Then and Now by Mac Hawkins page 191

• Somerset Railway Stations, by Mike Oakley. Dovecote Press, 2002.

External links

• Station on navigable O.S. map

51.1811°N 2.8716°W / 51.1811; -2.8716