Midford railway station
Former railway station in Somerset, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Midford railway station was a single-platform station on the Bath extension of the Somerset and Dorset Railway, just to the north of the point where the double-track became a single track. It served the village of Midford. The station was closed with the rest of the line in March 1966 under the Beeching axe, though it had been unstaffed for some years before that.
Midford | |
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General information | |
Location | Midford, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset England |
Grid reference | ST761607 |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Pre-grouping | Somerset and Dorset Railway |
Post-grouping | SR and LMSR Western Region of British Railways |
Key dates | |
20 July 1874 | Opened |
10 June 1963 | Closed to goods traffic |
7 March 1966 | Closed to passenger traffic |
There was a small goods yard to the north of the station, towards the entrance to the Combe Down Tunnel, which loaded Fuller's earth from Tucking Mill.[1] South of the station, a signal box presided over the double track junction: the railway then ran across the Midford valley on a high viaduct that still exists.
For about four years from 1911 to 1915, Midford had a second railway station, Midford Halt located on the GWR Camerton Branch, which passed under the S&DJR viaduct.