Shoscombe and Single Hill Halt railway station
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Shoscombe & Single Hill Halt was a small railway station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway serving small villages between Wellow and Radstock, about seven miles south of Bath.
Shoscombe & Single Hill Halt | |
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General information | |
Location | Shoscombe, Bath and North East Somerset England |
Grid reference | ST720561 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Post-grouping | SR and LMSR Western Region of British Railways |
Key dates | |
23 September 1929 | Opened |
7 March 1966 | Closed |
The station was the last to open on the Somerset and Dorset main line, with services beginning on 23 September 1929. It closed with the rest of the line on 7 March 1966[1] under the Beeching Axe.[2]
The station, sited in the hamlet of Single Hill, consisted of two bare concrete platforms, with ornate oil lamps but without buildings. A small building containing a booking office and a waiting room was provided on the footpath leading to the station.[2]
References
edit- Somerset Railway Stations, by Mike Oakley, Dovecote Press, 2002.
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Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Radstock North Line and station closed |
Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway SR and LMSRs |
Wellow Line and station closed |
51°18′N 2°24′W / 51.300°N 2.400°W