Watchet (WSMR) railway station

For the station on the West Somerset Railway, see Watchet railway station.

Watchet (WSMR)
Watchet (WSMR) railway station
General information
LocationWatchet, Somerset
England
Coordinates51°10′57″N 3°19′55″W / 51.1826°N 3.3319°W / 51.1826; -3.3319
Grid referenceST070434
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 for goods
1910Closed[7][8][9]

Watchet was the northern passenger terminus of 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.

As well as the usual goods and passenger facilities the station housed the company offices. A single track engine shed stood at Whitehall, a short distance to the south.[10][11][12]

All station buildings on the line except Gupworthy and Watchet were built to a common design. Watchet station was larger and laid out differently, with no obvious "family resemblance" to the others.[13]

  1. ^ Sellick 1981, p. 16.
  2. ^ Jones 2011, pp. 106–7, 215, 220, 306 & 343.
  3. ^ Sellick 1970, Opposite p.17.
  4. ^ Dale 2001, Front cover.
  5. ^ Sellick 1981, p. 5.
  6. ^ Thomas 1966.
  7. ^ Oakley 2002.
  8. ^ Sellick 1981, p. 76.
  9. ^ Quick 2009, pp. 399 & 459.
  10. ^ Griffiths & Smith 1999, p. 24.
  11. ^ Jones 2011, pp. 278–279, 340 & 344.
  12. ^ "The station and town". West Somerset Mineral Railway Project.
  13. ^ Jones 2011, pp. 281–285.