Shoscombe and Single Hill Halt railway station

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Shoscombe & Single Hill Halt
Shoscombe Railway Station 1967.jpg
Remains of the Halt in 1967
General information
Location Shoscombe, Bath and North East Somerset
England
Grid reference ST720561
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Post-grouping SR and LMSR
Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
23 September 1929Opened
7 March 1966Closed

Shoscombe & Single Hill Halt was a small railway station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway serving small villages between Wellow and Radstock, about seven miles south of Bath.

The station was the last to open on the Somerset and Dorset main line, with services beginning on 23 September 1929. It closed with the rest of the line on 7 March 1966 [1] under the Beeching Axe. [2]

The station, sited in the hamlet of Single Hill, consisted of two bare concrete platforms, with ornate oil lamps but without buildings. A small building containing a booking office and a waiting room was provided on the footpath leading to the station. [2]

Somerset & Dorset train in 1959 Shoscombe and Single Hill Halt 2118355 4085a8d9.jpg
Somerset & Dorset train in 1959
Southbound Pines Express passing Shoscombe & Single Hill Halt in 1959 Shoscombe & Single Hill Halt 2 geograph-2189820.jpg
Southbound Pines Express passing Shoscombe & Single Hill Halt in 1959

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References

  1. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 388. OCLC   931112387.
  2. 1 2 "Shoscombe and Single Hill Halt". Somerset and Dorset Railway. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Radstock North
Line and station closed
  Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
SR and LMSRs
  Wellow
Line and station closed

51°18′N2°24′W / 51.300°N 2.400°W / 51.300; -2.400