Bason Bridge railway station explained

Bason Bridge
Status:Disused
Borough:near East Huntspill, Sedgemoor
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:1
Pregroup:Somerset Central Railway
Postgroup:SR and LMS
Western Region of British Railways
Years:July 1856
Events:Opened
Years1:10 June 1963
Events1:Closed to goods traffic
Years2:7 March 1966
Events2:Closed to passengers
Years4:2 October 1972
Events4:Closed to milk traffic

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 survived as a private house.[1]

The roof of the station house caught fire on the 10th of April 2020 and the property was subsequently demolished.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Historical East Huntspill in Somerset. East Huntspill Parish Council. 15 January 2014. 2 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140202152318/http://www.easthuntspillparishcouncil.gov.uk/Myra-Cox-Historical-East-Huntspill.aspx. dead.
  2. Web site: Photos: Burnham-On-Sea fire crews tackle property blaze in Bason Bridge. 10 April 2020 .