Shapwick railway station

Shapwick
Peat heap on the site of Shapwick Station
Location
Place	Shapwick
Area	Sedgemoor
Grid reference	ST423412
Operations
Pre-grouping	Somerset Central Railway
Post-grouping	SR and LMS Western Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
28 August 1854	Opened
7 March 1966	Closed
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Shapwick railway station was a railway station on the Highbridge branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. Opened by the Somerset Central Railway in 1854, the station consisted of a goods yard, a passing loop with two platforms, and a wooden station building which burned down and was replaced in 1900. The passing-loop and a level crossing were operated from a 17-lever signal box, which was opened in 1901 to replace one destroyed in the 1900 fire. The station was two and a half miles from the village of Shapwick and appeared in some early timetables as "Shapwick Road", though this does not seem to have ever been an official name. The station closed with the SDJR on 7 March 1966.

The line and station were held in fond regard by John Betjeman who in 1963 featured them in a BBC programme about the Evercreech Junction.

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

Further reading

• ISBN 1-85260-508-1

External links

• Station page at Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway site
• Station on navigable O.S. map