Bawdrip Halt railway station

Bawdrip Halt was a railway station at Bawdrip on the Bridgwater branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

Bawdrip Halt
General information
LocationBawdrip
England
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companySomerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Key dates
7 July 1923 (1923-07-07)Station opened as Bawdrip Halt
1 December 1952 (1952-12-01)Station closed

Although the line had opened in 1890, station facilities at Bawdrip were not provided until 7 July 1923, after petitioning by local people. The new halt was surprisingly popular, with 2,185 passengers using it between 7 July and 29 September 1923.

It consisted of a single concrete platform 140 feet long; a waiting shelter was provided during 1924.[1]

The station closed when the branch service was withdrawn on 1 December 1952.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Cossington
Line and station closed
  Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
LSWR and Midland Railways
  Bridgwater North
Line and station closed

References

  1. Harrison, J D (1990). The Bridgwater Railway. Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-403-2.

Further reading

  • R.V.J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  • Mike Oakley (2002). Somerset Railway Stations. Dovecote Press, Wimborne. ISBN 1-904349-09-9.

51°09′11″N 2°56′33″W

Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
This diagram shows the maximum extent of the line.
All distances and timings are cumulative
from Bath Green Park railway station.

km  
h:min
0.00
Bath Green Park
originally Queen Square
0:00
0.40
Bath Goods Depot
0.82
0:01
0:02
Devonshire Tunnel
0:04
0:05
Tucking Mill Viaduct
0:06
7.02
Midford
0:10
0:11
10.88
Wellow
0:17
13.80
Shoscombe and Single Hill Halt
0:22
Writhlington Colliery sidings
formerly Foxcote
0:23
17.14
Radstock North
0:26
0:29
20.16
Midsomer Norton
0:35
Chilcompton Tunnel
23.32
Chilcompton
0:44
27.46
Binegar
0:52
Summit
247 m above sea level
29.99
Masbury
0:56
81.73
Burnham-on-Sea
2:16
Bristol and Exeter Railway (GWR)
to Bristol Temple Meads
Windsor Hill Tunnel
78.92
Highbridge
2:11
Highbridge Locomotive,
Carriage and Wagon Works
76.28
Bason Bridge
2:06
70.67
Edington Burtle
1:58
75.10
Cossington
2:04
77.37
Bawdrip Halt
2:09
67.17
Shapwick
1:52
64.09
Ashcott
1:47
Bridgwater Spinx Cement Works
Bridgwater cement, lime,
brick and tile Works
81.94
Bridgwater North
2:12
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Bridgwater
(GWR)
59.75
Glastonbury and Street
1:39
64.57
Polsham
1:47
68.60
Wells (Tucker Street)
Charlton Viaduct
1:01
68.60
Wells (Priory Road)
1:53
35.16
Shepton Mallet (Charlton Road)
1:02
Shepton Mallet (High Street)
51.24
West Pennard
1:28
45.79
Pylle
1:20
1:03
40.07
Evercreech New
1:10
42.04
Evercreech Junction
1:15
42.52
Evercreech Junction
1:16
1:23
46.99
Cole (for Bruton)
1:24
53.83
Wincanton
1:33
59.48
Templecombe
1:42
59.64
1:43
Tower View
Common Lane & Depot
Pinesway Junction
Park Lane
62.52
Henstridge
1:50
64.92
Stalbridge
1:55
71.31
Sturminster Newton
2:03
76.20
Shillingstone
2:10
Shillingstone Railway Project
(under construction)
Stourpaine and Durweston Halt
2:16
84.99
Blandford Forum
2:24
Blandford Camp
86.90
Charlton Marshall Halt
2:29
89.42
Spetisbury
2:34
94.83
Bailey Gate
2:42
Southampton and Dorchester Railway
to Ringwood
102.88
Wimborne
2:53
97.69
Corfe Mullen Halt
2:49
102.51
Broadstone Junction
2:55
Broadstone Junction
2:57
104.59
Creekmoor Halt
2:59
Backwater Channel
Hamworthy Junction
3:02
Hamworthy (original station)
now Hamworthy Goods Depot
Poole Quay
108.03
Poole
Brittany Ferries
3:03
110.96
Parkstone
3:13
113.07
Branksome
3:18
Branksome Junction
Bournemouth West Junction
Gasworks Junction
Bournemouth Depot
3:20
115.03
Bournemouth West
3:23
Meyrick Park Halt
Bournemouth Central
3:24
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