Edington railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Edington Burtle
gridref = ST392428


caption =
manager = Somerset Central Railway
owner = SR and LMS
Southern Region of British Railways
locale = Edington
borough = Sedgemoor
platforms = 1
years = 1856
events = Opened (Edington Road)
years1 = 21 July 1890
events1 = Renamed (Edington Junction)
years2 = 8 June 1953
events2 = Renamed (Edington Burtle)
years3 = 7 March 1966
events3 = Closed

Edington railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, and served the village of Edington, Somerset, UK. Originally named Edington Road, with the village two miles away, it became in 1890 the junction for the Bridgwater branch off the Highbridge line and for the next period in its life was known as Edington Junction. After the Bridgwater line closed to passengers in 1952, the station was renamed as Edington Burtle – Burtle is a village to the north of the station, and somewhat closer than Edington.

It closed in March 1966 when the line was shut as part of the Beeching axe.

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References

* "Somerset Railway Stations", by Mike Oakley. Dovecote Press, 2002.