Binegar railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Binegar
gridref = ST616492


caption = Binegar railway station in 1967
manager = Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
owner = SR and LMSR
Western Region of British Railways
locale = Binegar
borough = Mendip
platforms = 2
years = 20 July 1874
events = Opened
years1 = 7 March 1966
events1 = Closed

Binegar railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway in the county of Somerset in England. Opened on 20 July 1874, the station consisted of two platforms, with a building on the down platform. There was a substantial goods yard with two sheds and sidings, controlled from a 24 lever signal box.

The station closed to goods in 1963: passenger services were withdrawn when the SDJR closed on 7 March 1966.

Accident

There were several fatalities in two accidents near this station in the 1880s. [http://www.sdjr.net/sd_accidents.html]

The Site Today

The site is now occupied by a large private house. [http://www.gebejay.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/sdrail5.html]

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Further reading

*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1

External References

*http://www.sdjr.net/locations/binegar.html