Cossington railway station was a station at
Cossington on the
Bridgwater
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branch of the
Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, also known as the S&D, SDJR or S&DJR, was an English railway line connecting Bath (in north-east Somerset) and Bournemouth (now in south-east Dorset but then in Hampshire), with a branch from Evercreec ...
, built to link the line at
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with Bridgwater.
Opened on 21 July 1890 by the
Bridgwater Railway Company
Bridgwater is a large historic market town and civil parish in Somerset, England. Its population currently stands at around 41,276 as of 2022. Bridgwater is at the edge of the Somerset Levels, in level and well-wooded country. The town lies alon ...
, 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
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.
The station closed when the service was withdrawn on 1 December 1952. Station Road leads to the former station site.
References
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External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20090107033220/http://www.sdjr.net/locations/cossington.html
Station on navigable O.S. map
Disused railway stations in Somerset
Former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1890
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1952