Axbridge

To Yatton: A371 - Shute Shelve
To Cheddar: A371 - Cheddar Road

History

Opened on 3rd August 1869 and closed to goods traffic on 10th June 1963 and passengers on 9th September the same year. An original Bristol & Exeter Railway signal box was replaced by a new one on 14th July 1907. The route of the railway is now the A371 Axbridge bypass but luckily the station buildings and goods shed still survive.

1960s

• A train approaches Axbridge. © Gerald Peacock
  A train approaches Axbridge.
  © Gerald Peacock
• 46525 with a train from Yatton enters Axbridge. © Gerald Peacock
  46525 with a train from Yatton enters Axbridge.
  © Gerald Peacock
• The same loco shunting Conflats. © Gerald Peacock
  The same loco shunting Conflats.
  © Gerald Peacock
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  The scene after track lifting had commenced. The 1907 signal box is visible in the photo. © John Thorn

2007

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  The surviving station building as photographed on 23.11.07. © MIke Smith some rights reserved