Roadwater railway station

Roadwater
General information
LocationRoadwater, Somerset
England
Coordinates51°08′06″N 3°23′04″W / 51.1351°N 3.3845°W / 51.1351; -3.3845
Grid referenceST032382
Platforms1[1][2][3][4]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyWest Somerset Mineral Railway
Key dates
April 1857Opened for goods[5]
4 September 1865Opened for passengers[6]
7 November 1898Closed
1907Reopened
1910Closed[7][8][9]

The Roadwater railway station was an intermediate station on the West Somerset Mineral Railway (WSMR), which was constructed primarily to transport iron ore from mines to Watchet harbour in Somerset, England. The line was isolated from other rail networks, though it passed beneath what is now the West Somerset Railway north of Roadwater.

The line's seven stations were designed by Rice Hopkins.[10] Roadwater was one of five stations that shared a distinctive architectural style. It provided typical goods services,[11] as well as coal and passenger facilities.[12] A Temperance Hall was also constructed nearby.[13][14]

  1. ^ Sellick 1981, p. 44.
  2. ^ Scott-Morgan 1980, p. 11.
  3. ^ Jones 2011, pp. 217, 239–241 & 350–351.
  4. ^ Holland 2015, p. 31.
  5. ^ Sellick 1981, p. 5.
  6. ^ Thomas 1966.
  7. ^ Oakley 2002.
  8. ^ Sellick 1981, p. 7.
  9. ^ Quick 2009, pp. 399 & 459.
  10. ^ Jones 2011, pp. 100–104 & 377.
  11. ^ Jones 2011, p. 259.
  12. ^ Jones 2011, pp. 239–241.
  13. ^ "Roadwater Temperance Hall 1877". West Somerset Mineral Railway Project.
  14. ^ Jones 2011, p. 350.