Shapwick station was a railway station on the Highbridge branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. Opened by the Somerset Central Railway in 1854, the station consisted of a goods yard, a passing loop with two platforms, and a wooden station building which burned down and was replaced in 1900.
Shapwick | |
|---|---|
 Shapwick in 1960 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Shapwick, Sedgemoor England |
| Grid reference | ST423412 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Pre-grouping | Somerset Central Railway |
| Post-grouping | SR and LMS Western Region of British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 28 August 1854 | Opened |
| 7 March 1966 | Closed |
The passing-loop and a level crossing were operated from a 17-lever signal box, which was opened in 1901 to replace one destroyed in the 1900 fire.
The station was two and a half miles from the village of Shapwick and appeared in some early timetables as "Shapwick Road", though this does not seem to have ever been an official name.
The station was closed, with the rest of the branch, on 7 March 1966.
The line and station were held in fond regard by John Betjeman who in 1963 featured them in a BBC programme, Let's Imagine: a Branch Line Railway,[1] in which Betjeman travels from Evercreech Junction[2] to Burnham on Sea.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashcott Line and station closed |
Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway LSWR and Midland Railways |
Edington Junction Line and station closed |
Further reading
edit- R.V.J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ Let's Imagine - A Branch Line Railway with John Betjeman, retrieved 26 February 2022
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: BRANCH LINE - 1 - Sir John Betjeman. YouTube.