Luxborough Road | |
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| General information | |
| Location | East of Gupworthy, Brompton Regis, Somerset England |
| Coordinates | 51°06′35″N 3°27′22″W / 51.1096°N 3.4560°W |
| Grid reference | SS981354 |
| Platforms | 1[1][2] |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | West Somerset Mineral Railway |
| Key dates | |
| March 1861 | Opened for goods[3] |
| 7 November 1898 | Closed[4][5][6] |
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Luxborough Road (sometimes referred to as "Langham" or "Langham Hill") was an intermediate station on the West Somerset Mineral Railway (WSMR), which was built primarily to carry iron ore from mines to Watchet harbour in Somerset, England. The line was unconnected to any other, though it passed under what is now the West Somerset Railway south of the village of Watchet. The station was located west of the top of the line's most striking feature - a three quarters of a mile, rope-hauled incline at a gradient of 1 in 4 (25%).
The line's seven stations were designed by Rice Hopkins.[7] Luxborough Road was one of the five which showed a clear family resemblance. It was built in anticipation of offering the usual goods and passenger facilities, but no regular passenger service ever ran south of Comberow. Almost immediately the building was erected it was converted to miners' accommodation by adding a lean-to at the rear. By 1900 the building was roofless and without windows, having been used as a source of materials for repairing other railway buildings.[8]
- ^ Sellick 1981, p. 35.
- ^ Sellick 1970, pp. 33 & 39.
- ^ Sellick 1981, p. 5.
- ^ Oakley 2002.
- ^ Sellick 1981.
- ^ Quick 2009, pp. 399 & 459.
- ^ Jones 2011, pp. 100-104 & 377.
- ^ Jones 2011, p. 361.