Weston-super-Mare_Ashcombe_Road_railway_station

Weston-super-Mare Ashcombe Road railway station

Weston-super-Mare Ashcombe Road railway station

Disused railway station in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset

Weston-super-Mare Ashcombe Road railway station served the town of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, from 1897 to 1940 on the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway.

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History

The station opened on 1 December 1897 by the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway. It had toilets and a waiting room. The platform was ten inches high until raised in 1919. The railway was intended to carry on past this station but the track was removed after a dispute with the council.[1] The station closed on 20 May 1940.[2] A florists occupies the site of the booking office while a footpath follows part of the trackbed.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Weston Ashcombe Road". WC&PR. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  2. [2]
    Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 452. OCLC 931112387.
  3. [3]
    "The line today - South Section - WC&P Railway". WC&PR. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
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