Durston, Somerset, England 51°02′35″N2°59′52″W / 51.04315°N 2.99773°W / 51.04315; -2.99773
Connecting lines
Reading to Taunton
Bristol to Taunton
History
Opened
1906 (1906)
Flyover built
1931
Signal box closed
1986
Technical
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed
100 mph (160 km/h)
Cogload Junction is a railway junction in Durston, Somerset, England. It is where the 1906-opened London to Penzance Line via Castle Cary joins the original line that runs via Bristol Temple Meads. A flyover was constructed in 1931 converting it into a flying junction.
CogloadJunction is a railway junction in Durston, Somerset, England. It is where the 1906-opened London to Penzance Line via Castle Cary joins the original...
which effectively left Durston and Lyng Halt on a loop line from CogloadJunction, the station continued to serve the branch. The locomotive turntable...
Aynho Junction in Aynho, Northamptonshire Worting Junction near Basingstoke, Hampshire (the flyover is called Battledown Flyover) CogloadJunction near...
Cary Railway is a railway line from Castle Cary railway station to CogloadJunction near Taunton, Somerset, England, which reduced the length of the journey...
joining the old B&ER line at CogloadJunction, east of Taunton. The original route section between Bristol and CogloadJunction was diminished in importance...
opened from Castle Cary to the existing Bristol to Exeter line at CogloadJunction in 1906. This transformed Castle Cary from a station on a secondary...
north through to Taunton and CogloadJunction and southwards to Totnes and Torquay as well the branches out to Exmouth Junction and Crediton. Next to this...
services travelling south from Bristol on the Bristol to Exeter line at CogloadJunction, to the north of Taunton. The line proceeds to serve the stations of...
from the branch lines. In the 1930s the lines through Taunton from CogloadJunction to Norton Fitzwarren were widened from two to four tracks; those east...
subsequently extended to Devizes and Westbury in 1862 and ultimately to CogloadJunction near Taunton by 1906. The station has a level crossing at its western...
Chirton in 1900 (along with that further west from Castle Cary to CogloadJunction six years later) completed the GWR's new main line from London Paddington...
MB (voestalpine SIGNALING Siershahn GmbH) Hot axle box detector at CogloadJunction, England A wheelset from a GWR wagon showing a plain, or journal, bearing...
In 1931 the GWR started a project to quadruple the track between CogloadJunction (where the mainline from Bristol Temple Meads and the north met the...
completion of a new cut-off line from Castle Cary railway station to CogloadJunction near Taunton. Most of the original Berks and Hants stations have been...
opened from Castle Cary to the existing Bristol to Exeter line at CogloadJunction in 1906. This transformed Frome from a station on a secondary north...
Fitzwarren through Taunton to CogloadJunction was increased from two to four tracks on 2 December 1931 and the junction station was enlarged which meant...
arch II carried the London and Birmingham Railway over Bridge Road CogloadJunction Flyover Durston, Somerset 1931 Coldrennick Viaduct Menheniot, Cornwall...
station remaining open only until 5 October 1964. It is located close to CogloadJunction, a vital railway flyover. The parish Church of St John was rebuilt...
station closed along with the rest of the stops between Castle Cary and CogloadJunction in 1962, the line itself is still in use as part of the Reading to...
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