Worle Town railway station served the village of

Worle Worle ( ) is a large village in North Somerset which is joined to the seaside town of Weston-super-Mare on its western edge. It, however, maintains a very separate identity, and may now be bigger than its more famous neighbour. Worle pre-dates ...

North Somerset North Somerset is a unitary district in Somerset, South West England. Whilst its area covers part of the ceremonial county of Somerset, it is administered independently of the non-metropolitan county. Its administrative headquarters is in the ...

, England, from 1897 to 1940 on the

Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway The Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Light Railway (WC&PR) was a standard gauge light railway in Somerset, England. It was conceived as a tramway in the 1880s, opening between the coastal towns of Weston-super-Mare and Clevedon in 1897 and compl ...

History

The station was opened as Worle on 1 December 1897 by the

. It was one of the few stations to have basic facilities, a ticket office and a waiting room. It also has a siding which served Worle Gas Works until it closed in 1920, a platform which was later removed and an ungated crossing. The station's name was changed to Worle Moor in 1913 and changed to Worle Town on 1 November 1917. It closed on 20 May 1940.

Accidents

Due to the crossing having no gates, several accidents occurred here. * On 31 August 1903, a train crashed into a wagonette, killing two people and injuring four other people. The cause was driver error. * A lorry crashed into a carriage in October 1937. One passenger was fatally injured. * On 7 September 1938, a train ran into a motorcycle. Both men, the one driving the motorcycle and the one in the pillion seat, were killed. This occurred because the motorcyclist had his head turned away from the direction of the oncoming train.

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