Flax Bourton

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To Bristol: Flax Bourton Footbridge
To the Southwest: Station Road - Flax Bourton

History

Opened on the 2nd March 1893. Closed to passengers on the 2nd December 1963. Closed to goods on the 1st July 1964. The corrugated lamp shed that once stood in the yard at this station can now be seen at Crowcombe on the West Somerset Railway.

Trackplan

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  A track plan of the Flax Bourton area from 1988.

1960s

• An excellent view of Flax Bourton Station. Loco 6954 hammers through on a southbound train. © Gerald Peacock
  An excellent view of Flax Bourton Station. Loco 6954 hammers through on a southbound train.
  © Gerald Peacock

1971

• The signal box at Flax Bourton. This was officially 124m 28chns fom London. © Andy Kirkham
  The signal box at Flax Bourton. This was officially 124m 28chns fom London.
  © Andy Kirkham

2003

• The remains of Flax Bourton station as viewed from Station Road. In the distance is Flax Bourton Footbridge, and beyond that is Flax Bourton Tunnel.
  The remains of Flax Bourton station as viewed from Station Road. In the distance is Flax Bourton Footbridge, and beyond that is Flax Bourton Tunnel.
• As good a close up as I could get at the time.
  As good a close up as I could get at the time.
• The station building was slowly falling to pieces.
  The station building was slowly falling to pieces.
• As was the goods shed.
  As was the goods shed.
• A side on view of the goods shed.
  A side on view of the goods shed.
• The shed alongside the railway with Flax Bourton Tunnel just visible in the distance.
  The shed alongside the railway with Flax Bourton Tunnel just visible in the distance.

2004

4th March

• The goods shed viewed from a field opposite the site of the station.
  The goods shed viewed from a field opposite the site of the station.
• The station building. I was surprised to see that this is open to the elements. I expected it to be boarded up.
  The station building. I was surprised to see that this is open to the elements. I expected it to be boarded up.
• A general look at the station. It must have been quite pretty at one time.
  A general look at the station. It must have been quite pretty at one time.

2005

3rd February

• A year later and the area around the goods shed has been cleaned up a bit.
  A year later and the area around the goods shed has been cleaned up a bit.