Radstock West railway station explained

Radstock West
Status:Disused
Borough:Radstock, Somerset
Country:England
Coordinates:51.2925°N -2.4475°W
Platforms:2
Original:Bristol and North Somerset Railway
Pregroup:Great Western Railway
Postgroup:Great Western Railway
Events:Opened as Radstock
Years1:26 September 1949
Events1:Renamed Radstock West
Events2: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.[2] It was located immediately to the southwest of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway's station, (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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Butt, R.V.J. . The Directory of Railway Stations . 1995 . Patrick Stephens Ltd . Yeovil . 1-85260-508-1 . R508 . 193 .
  2. D W Warnock and R G Parsons, The Bristol and North Somerset Railway since 1884, Avon Anglia Productions, Bristol, 1979,