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==Track Plans == | <div style="float:right"> | ||
<googlemap lat="51.131215" lon="-2.989998"> | |||
51.127822, -2.990277, Bridgwater | |||
</googlemap> | |||
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'''To Weston Super Mare''': [[Bridgwater Signal Box]]<br> | |||
'''To the Southwest''': [[Cogload Junction]] | |||
== History == | |||
Opened on 14th June [[1841]]. Closed to goods in November 1965. The branch to [[Bridgwater Docks]] closed on 2nd January [[1965]]. | |||
== Track Plans == | |||
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Image:Bridgwater Map 1946.jpg|An OS map of Bridgwater and surrounding area from [[1946]] | Image:Bridgwater Map 1946.jpg|An OS map of Bridgwater and surrounding area from [[1946]] | ||
Image:Bridgwater Track Plan 1988.jpg|A track plan of Bridgwater from [[1988]] | Image:Bridgwater Track Plan 1988.jpg|A track plan of Bridgwater from [[1988]] | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== 1990s == | |||
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Image:47226-2.jpg|[[47226]] shunts the sidings at Bridgwater on the 25th April [[1990]]. | |||
Image:47835-1.jpg|[[47835]] blasts through with a royal train on the 1st May [[1990]]. This loco was one of the dedicated Royal Train 47/8's at the time. | |||
Image:Bridgwater3.jpg|An HST powers northwards. The yard in the left-background is currently used by DRS for loading nuclear flasks onto wagons. This was also where the branch to [[Bridgwater Docks]] left the mainline. | |||
</gallery> | |||
== 2005 == | |||
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Image:Bridgwater4.jpg|A view of the station with an HST heading for Bristol. ''© [[:Category:David Tutton|David Tutton]]'' | |||
Image:Bridgwater5.jpg|[[158853]] heads through with a Bristol bound train. ''© [[:Category:David Tutton|David Tutton]]'' | |||
Image:Bridgwater6.jpg|A Voyager passing through. ''© [[:Category:David Tutton|David Tutton]]'' | |||
Image:Bridgwater7.jpg|[[50049]] about to leave with a Pathfinders tour. ''© [[:Category:David Tutton|David Tutton]]'' | |||
Image:Bridgwater8.jpg|A general view of the station with [[143603]] waiting with a service for [[Taunton]]. ''© [[:Category:David Tutton|David Tutton]]'' | |||
Image:Bridgwater9.jpg|The south end of Bridgwater Station showing a Voyager passing under two bridges. The first is a footbridge that links two housing estates. ''© [[:Category:David Tutton|David Tutton]]'' | |||
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[[Category:B&ER]] | |||
[[Category:Stations]] | |||
[[Category:David Tutton]] | |||
Revision as of 19:17, 21 August 2008
<googlemap lat="51.131215" lon="-2.989998"> 51.127822, -2.990277, Bridgwater </googlemap>
To Weston Super Mare: Bridgwater Signal Box
To the Southwest: Cogload Junction
History
Opened on 14th June 1841. Closed to goods in November 1965. The branch to Bridgwater Docks closed on 2nd January 1965.
Track Plans
1990s
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An HST powers northwards. The yard in the left-background is currently used by DRS for loading nuclear flasks onto wagons. This was also where the branch to Bridgwater Docks left the mainline.
2005
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A view of the station with an HST heading for Bristol. © David Tutton -
158853 heads through with a Bristol bound train. © David Tutton
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A Voyager passing through. © David Tutton -
50049 about to leave with a Pathfinders tour. © David Tutton -
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The south end of Bridgwater Station showing a Voyager passing under two bridges. The first is a footbridge that links two housing estates. © David Tutton
