Weston-super-Mare Ashcombe Road railway station

Ashcombe Road
General information
LocationWeston-super-Mare, Somerset
England
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyWeston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway
Pre-groupingWeston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway
Key dates
1 December 1897 (1897-12-01)Opened
20 May 1940 (1940-05-20)Closed

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.

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. ^ "Weston Ashcombe Road". WC&PR. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  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. ^ "The line today - South Section - WC&P Railway". WC&PR. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Milton Road (Somerset)
Line and station closed 		  Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway   Terminus

51°21′01″N 2°57′53″W / 51.3502°N 2.9647°W / 51.3502; -2.9647


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