Weston-super-Mare Ashcombe Road railway station

Ashcombe Road
General information
Location	Weston-super-Mare, Somerset England
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway
Pre-grouping	Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway
Key dates
1 December 1897 (1897-12-01)	Opened
20 May 1940 (1940-05-20)	Closed
Location

Weston-super-Mare Ashcombe Road railway station served the town of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, from 1897 to 1940 on the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway.

History

The station opened on 1 December 1897 by the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway. It had toilets and a waiting room. The platform was ten inches high until raised in 1919. The railway was intended to carry on past this station but the track was removed after a dispute with the council. ^[1] The station closed on 20 May 1940. ^[2] A florists occupies the site of the booking office while a footpath follows part of the trackbed. ^[3]

References

1. "Weston Ashcombe Road". WC&PR. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
2. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 452. OCLC   931112387.
3. "The line today - South Section - WC&P Railway". WC&PR. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

External links

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Milton Road (Somerset) Line and station closed		Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway		Terminus

51°21′01″N2°57′53″W / 51.3502°N 2.9647°W / 51.3502; -2.9647