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Cossington railway station information


Cossington
Station building (1987)
General information
LocationCossington, Sedgemoor
England
Coordinates51°09′46″N 2°55′12″W / 51.1627°N 2.9201°W / 51.1627; -2.9201
Grid referenceST357408
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBridgwater Railway
Pre-groupingBridgwater Railway
Post-groupingSomerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Key dates
21 July 1890Opened
1 December 1952Closed[1]

Cossington railway station was a station at Cossington on the Bridgwater branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, built to link the line at Edington with Bridgwater.[2]

Opened on 21 July 1890 by the Bridgwater Railway Company, 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.

The station closed when the service was withdrawn on 1 December 1952. Station Road leads to the former station site.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Edington Jn.
Line and station closed
  Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
Bridgwater Railway
  Bawdrip Halt
Line and station closed
  1. ^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  2. ^ "Cossington Pages 42-50 A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 8, the Poldens and the Levels. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 2004". British History Online.

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