Shapwick railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Shapwick
gridref = ST423412


caption = Peat heap on the site of Shapwick Station
manager = Somerset Central Railway
owner = SR and LMS
Southern Region of British Railways
locale = Shapwick
borough = Sedgemoor
platforms = 2
years = 28 August 1854
events = Opened
years1 = 7 March 1966
events1 = Closed

Shapwick railway station was a station on the Highbridge branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. Opened by the Somerset Central Railway in 1854, the station consisted of two platforms and wooden station building, which burned down and was replaced in 1900. A level crossing and goods yard were operated from a 17 lever signal box. 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.

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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/shapwick.html