Bawdrip Halt railway station

Bawdrip Halt was a railway station at Bawdrip on the Bridgwater branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

Bawdrip Halt
General information
Location	Bawdrip England
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Key dates
7 July 1923 (1923-07-07)	Station opened as Bawdrip Halt
1 December 1952 (1952-12-01)	Station closed

Although the line had opened in 1890, station facilities at Bawdrip were not provided until 7 July 1923, after petitioning by local people. The new halt was surprisingly popular, with 2,185 passengers using it between 7 July and 29 September 1923.

It consisted of a single concrete platform 140 feet long; a waiting shelter was provided during 1924.

The station closed when the branch service was withdrawn on 1 December 1952.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Cossington Line and station closed		Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway LSWR and Midland Railways		Bridgwater North Line and station closed

Further reading

• R.V.J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
• Mike Oakley (2002). Somerset Railway Stations. Dovecote Press, Wimborne. ISBN 1-904349-09-9.

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070521173745/http://www.sdjr.net/locations/bawdrip.html
• Station on navigable O.S. map

Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
This diagram shows the maximum extent of the line. All distances and timings are cumulative from Bath Green Park railway station.
km   h:min 0.00 Bath Green Park originally Queen Square 0:00 Bridge over River Avon 0.40 Bath Goods Depot Coal-Gas Works 0.82 Mangotsfield and Bath branch line (MR) to Bristol Temple Meads │ to Mangotsfield 0:01 Great Western Main Line to Bristol Temple Meads │ to London 0:02 Devonshire Tunnel 0:04 Combe Down Tunnel 0:05 Tucking Mill Viaduct 0:06 7.02 Midford 0:10 Bristol and North Somerset Railway (GWR) to Limpley Stoke 0:11 10.88 Wellow 0:17 13.80 Shoscombe and Single Hill Halt 0:22 Writhlington Colliery sidings formerly Foxcote 0:23 17.14 Radstock North 0:26 Bristol and North Somerset Railway (GWR) to Frome 0:29 20.16 Midsomer Norton 0:35 Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust Chilcompton Tunnel 23.32 Chilcompton 0:44 27.46 Binegar 0:52 Summit 247 m above sea level 29.99 Masbury 0:56 81.73 Burnham-on-Sea 2:16 Bristol and Exeter Railway (GWR) to Bristol Temple Meads Windsor Hill Tunnel 78.92 Highbridge 2:11 Highbridge Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Works 76.28 Bason Bridge 2:06 70.67 Edington Burtle 1:58 75.10 Cossington 2:04 77.37 Bawdrip Halt 2:09 67.17 Shapwick 1:52 64.09 Ashcott 1:47 Bridgwater Spinx Cement Works Bridgwater cement, lime, brick and tile Works 81.94 Bridgwater North 2:12 Bridgwater (GWR) Bristol and Exeter Railway (GWR) to Taunton 59.75 Glastonbury and Street 1:39 64.57 Polsham 1:47 Cheddar Valley line (GWR) to Yatton 68.60 Wells (Tucker Street) Charlton Viaduct 1:01 68.60 Wells (Priory Road) 1:53 35.16 Shepton Mallet (Charlton Road) 1:02 Shepton Mallet (High Street) 51.24 West Pennard 1:28 Cock Mill Crossing 45.79 Pylle 1:20 East Somerset Railway (GWR) to Witham 1:03 Prestleigh Viaduct 40.07 Evercreech New 1:10 42.04 Evercreech Junction 1:15 42.52 Evercreech Junction 1:16 Heart of Wessex Line & Reading–Taunton line (GWR) 1:23 46.99 Cole (for Bruton) 1:24 53.83 Wincanton 1:33 59.48 Templecombe 1:42 59.64 West of England line (LSWR) to Exeter Central │ to London 1:43 Tower View Common Lane & Depot Gartell Light Railway Pinesway Junction Park Lane 62.52 Henstridge 1:50 Somerset Dorset border 64.92 Stalbridge 1:55 71.31 Sturminster Newton 2:03 76.20 Shillingstone 2:10 Shillingstone Railway Project (under construction) Stourpaine and Durweston Halt 2:16 84.99 Blandford Forum 2:24 Blandford Camp 86.90 Charlton Marshall Halt 2:29 89.42 Spetisbury 2:34 94.83 Bailey Gate 2:42 Southampton and Dorchester Railway to Ringwood 102.88 Wimborne 2:53 97.69 Corfe Mullen Halt 2:49 102.51 Broadstone Junction 2:55 Broadstone Junction 2:57 Holes Bay 104.59 Creekmoor Halt 2:59 Backwater Channel Hamworthy Junction 3:02 South West Main Line (LSWR) to Weymouth Hamworthy (original station) now Hamworthy Goods Depot Poole Quay 108.03 Poole 3:03 110.96 Parkstone 3:13 113.07 Branksome 3:18 Branksome Junction Bournemouth West Junction Gasworks Junction Bournemouth Depot 3:20 115.03 Bournemouth West 3:23 Meyrick Park Halt Bournemouth Central 3:24 South West Main Line (LSWR) to London