Cossington railway station

For the former station in Cossington, Leicestershire, see Cossington Gate railway station.

Cossington
Station building (1987)
General information
Location	Cossington, Somerset England
Coordinates	51°09′46″N2°55′12″W / 51.1627°N 2.9201°W / 51.1627; -2.9201
Grid reference	ST357408
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Bridgwater Railway
Pre-grouping	Bridgwater Railway
Post-grouping	Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Key dates
21 July 1890	Opened
1 December 1952	Closed [1]

Cossington railway station was a station at Cossington on the Bridgwater branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, built to link the line at Edington with Bridgwater. ^[2]

Opened on 21 July 1890 by the Bridgwater Railway Company, it was located to the north of the village, and consisted of a single platform with a stone building and a siding. This was controlled from a ground frame, the hut from which is now on the East Somerset Railway.

The station closed when the service was withdrawn on 1 December 1952. Station Road leads to the former station site.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Edington Jn. Line and station closed		Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Bridgwater Railway		Bawdrip Halt Line and station closed

References

1. Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 69. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
2. "Cossington Pages 42-50 A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 8, the Poldens and the Levels. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 2004". British History Online.

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20090107033220/http://www.sdjr.net/locations/cossington.html
• Station on navigable O.S. map