Binegar railway station

Binegar
Binegar railway station in 1967
General information
LocationBinegar, Mendip
England, United Kingdom
Grid referenceST616492
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingSomerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Post-groupingSR and LMSR
Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
20 July 1874Opened
7 March 1966[1]Closed
Binegar Station in 1963

Binegar railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway in the county of Somerset in England. Opened on 20 July 1874, the station consisted of two platforms, with a building on the down platform. There was a substantial goods yard with two sheds and sidings, controlled from a 24 lever signal box. Being the first station north of the line's summit at Masbury Binegar was also where locomotives used as banking engines on north-bound trains would drop off and cross the line ready to return south.

The station closed to goods in 1963: passenger services were withdrawn when the SDJR closed on 7 March 1966.

Accident

There were several fatalities in two accidents near this station in the 1880s.[1]

The site today

The site is now occupied by a large private house.[2]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Masbury
Line and station closed 		  Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
LSWR and Midland Railways 		  Chilcompton
Line and station closed

Further reading

  • R.V.J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1

References

  1. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 77. OCLC 931112387.
  2. ^ "SDJR - Binegar Station". www.gebejay.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 February 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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