Cole (for Bruton) railway station
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Cole railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Railway in South Somerset
, serving the village of Cole, which is now virtually joined to the village of Pitcombe
and the small town of Bruton
.
Cole was the station where the Dorset Central Railway line from Templecombe
met the Somerset Central Railway line from Glastonbury and Street railway station
in 1862. Later that year the two companies combined to form the Somerset and Dorset Railway.
Just north of the station the line crossed the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway
although the two railways were not connected here.
Cole station was closed with the railway in the Beeching cuts
in 1966.
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, serving the village of Cole, which is now virtually joined to the village of Pitcombe
Pitcombe
Pitcombe is a village and civil parish south-west of Bruton and from Wincanton in Somerset, England. It has a population of 549. The parish includes the hamlets of Cole and Godminster....
and the small town of Bruton
Bruton
Bruton is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the River Brue seven miles south-east of Shepton Mallet, just south of Snakelake Hill and Coombe Hill, ten miles north-west of Gillingham and twelve miles south-west of Frome in the South Somerset district. The town has a...
.
Cole was the station where the Dorset Central Railway line from Templecombe
Templecombe railway station
Templecombe railway station serves the town of Templecombe in Somerset, England. It is situated on the London Waterloo to Exeter line from London. The main station opened in 1860 but a smaller station on the lower line opened in 1862. It was closed in 1966 but was reopened in 1983 following local...
met the Somerset Central Railway line from Glastonbury and Street railway station
Glastonbury
Glastonbury is a small town in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low lying Somerset Levels, south of Bristol. The town, which is in the Mendip district, had a population of 8,784 in the 2001 census...
in 1862. Later that year the two companies combined to form the Somerset and Dorset Railway.
Just north of the station the line crossed the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway
Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway
The Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway was a broad gauge railway that linked the Great Western Railway at Chippenham in 'Wilts' with Weymouth in Dorset, England. Branches ran to Devizes, Bradford-on-Avon and Salisbury in Wiltshire, and to Radstock in Somerset. The majority of the line survives...
although the two railways were not connected here.
Cole station was closed with the railway in the Beeching cuts
Beeching Axe
The Beeching Axe or the Beeching Cuts are informal names for the British Government's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system in the United Kingdom. The name is that of the main author of The Reshaping of British Railways, Dr Richard...
in 1966.