Ashcott railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Ashcott
gridref = ST449397


caption =
manager = Somerset Central Railway
owner = SR and LMS
Southern Region of British Railways
locale = Ashcott
borough = Sedgemoor
platforms = 1
years = July 1865
events = Opened (Ashcott and Meare)
years1 = 1876
events1 = Renamed (Ashcott)
years1 = 7 March 1966
events1 = Closed

Ashcott railway station was a station on the Highbridge branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. Opened by the Somerset Central Railway in 1856 as Ashcott and Meare, the name changed to Ashcott in 1876. Consisting of a short wooden platform and station building, the station was next to a road level crossing. This was operated with a 10 lever ground frame. An accident occurred here in 1949 when a train collided with a narrow gauge diesel locomotive crossing on the level and left the track, ending up in the Somerset Marshes. [ [http://www.sdjr.net/sd_accidents.html Accidents] ] The station closed with the SDJR on 7 March 1966.

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Further reading

*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1

*http://www.sdjr.net/locations/ashcott.html

References