Radstock North railway station
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Radstock North railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
in the county of Somerset
in England
. Opened as Radstock on 20 July 1874, it was renamed in 1949 to differentiate it from the other Radstock station on the former Bristol and North Somerset Railway
, later GWR
, which became Radstock West in what is now Westfield
. The station consisted of two platforms, a goods yard and cattle dock. The extensive collieries in the area also supported a locomotive depot
and wagon works. These operations were controlled from two signal box
es.
The station closed to goods in 1964: passenger services were withdrawn when the SDJR closed in 1966, although a link was constructed to the GWR line to allow access to Writhlington Colliery
, now a Site of Special Scientific Interest
.
at Foxcote near Radstock was the worst accident in the line's history.http://www.sdjr.net/sd_radstock.html
Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway – almost always referred to as "the S&D" – was an English railway line connecting Bath in north east Somerset and Bournemouth now in south east Dorset but then in Hampshire...
in the county of Somerset
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...
in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Opened as Radstock on 20 July 1874, it was renamed in 1949 to differentiate it from the other Radstock station on the former Bristol and North Somerset Railway
Bristol and North Somerset Railway
The Bristol and North Somerset Railway was a railway line in the West of England that connected Bristol with towns in the Somerset coalfield. The line ran almost due south from Bristol and was 16 miles long.-The main railway:...
, later GWR
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
, which became Radstock West in what is now Westfield
Westfield, Somerset
Westfield is a settlement lying on the Fosse Way between Radstock and Midsomer Norton in Somerset, England. In 2011 it was raised to the status of a civil parish....
. The station consisted of two platforms, a goods yard and cattle dock. The extensive collieries in the area also supported a locomotive depot
Motive power depot
Motive power depot, usually abbreviated to MPD, is a name given to places where locomotives are stored when not being used, and also repaired and maintained. They were originally known as "running sheds", "engine sheds", or, for short, just sheds. Facilities are provided for refuelling and...
and wagon works. These operations were controlled from two signal box
Signal box
On a rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to ensure that trains operate safely, over the correct route and to the proper timetable...
es.
The station closed to goods in 1964: passenger services were withdrawn when the SDJR closed in 1966, although a link was constructed to the GWR line to allow access to Writhlington Colliery
Writhlington SSSI
Writhlington SSSI is a 0.5 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the town of Radstock, Bath and North East Somerset, notified in 1992....
, now a Site of Special Scientific Interest
Site of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. SSSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in Great Britain are based upon...
.
Accident
A head on collisionRadstock rail accident
The Radstock rail accident took place on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway in south west England, on 7 August 1876. Two trains collided on a single track section, resulting in fifteen passengers being killed....
at Foxcote near Radstock was the worst accident in the line's history.http://www.sdjr.net/sd_radstock.html