Bawdrip Halt was a railway station at Bawdrip on the Bridgwater branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

Although the line had opened in 1890, station facilities at Bawdrip were not provided until 7 July 1923, after petitioning by local people. The new halt was surprisingly popular, with 2,185 passengers using it between 7 July and 29 September 1923.

It consisted of a single concrete platform 140 feet long; a waiting shelter was provided during 1924.^[1]

The station closed when the branch service was withdrawn on 1 December 1952.

References

Further reading

• R.V.J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
• Mike Oakley (2002). Somerset Railway Stations. Dovecote Press, Wimborne. ISBN 1-904349-09-9.

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070521173745/http://www.sdjr.net/locations/bawdrip.html
• Station on navigable O.S. map

51°09′11″N 2°56′33″W / 51.15306°N 2.94250°W / 51.15306; -2.94250

Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
This diagram shows the maximum extent of the line. All distances and timings are cumulative from Bath Green Park railway station.
km   h:min 0.00 Bath Green Park originally Queen Square 0:00 Bridge over River Avon 0.40 Bath Goods Depot Coal-Gas Works 0.82 Mangotsfield and Bath branch line (MR) to Bristol Temple Meads │ to Mangotsfield 0:01 Great Western Main Line to Bristol Temple Meads │ to London 0:02 Devonshire Tunnel 0:04 Combe Down Tunnel 0:05 Tucking Mill Viaduct 0:06 7.02 Midford 0:10 Bristol and North Somerset Railway (GWR) to Limpley Stoke 0:11 10.88 Wellow 0:17 13.80 Shoscombe and Single Hill Halt 0:22 Writhlington Colliery sidings formerly Foxcote 0:23 17.14 Radstock North 0:26 Bristol and North Somerset Railway (GWR) to Frome 0:29 20.16 Midsomer Norton 0:35 Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust Chilcompton Tunnel 23.32 Chilcompton 0:44 27.46 Binegar 0:52 Summit 247 m above sea level 29.99 Masbury 0:56 81.73 Burnham-on-Sea 2:16 Bristol and Exeter Railway (GWR) to Bristol Temple Meads Windsor Hill Tunnel 78.92 Highbridge 2:11 Highbridge Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Works 76.28 Bason Bridge 2:06 70.67 Edington Burtle 1:58 75.10 Cossington 2:04 77.37 Bawdrip Halt 2:09 67.17 Shapwick 1:52 64.09 Ashcott 1:47 Bridgwater Spinx Cement Works Bridgwater cement, lime, brick and tile Works 81.94 Bridgwater North 2:12 Bridgwater (GWR) Bristol and Exeter Railway (GWR) to Taunton 59.75 Glastonbury and Street 1:39 64.57 Polsham 1:47 Cheddar Valley line (GWR) to Yatton 68.60 Wells (Tucker Street) Charlton Viaduct 1:01 68.60 Wells (Priory Road) 1:53 35.16 Shepton Mallet (Charlton Road) 1:02 Shepton Mallet (High Street) 51.24 West Pennard 1:28 Cock Mill Crossing 45.79 Pylle 1:20 East Somerset Railway (GWR) to Witham 1:03 Prestleigh Viaduct 40.07 Evercreech New 1:10 42.04 Evercreech Junction 1:15 42.52 Evercreech Junction 1:16 Heart of Wessex Line & Reading–Taunton line (GWR) 1:23 46.99 Cole (for Bruton) 1:24 53.83 Wincanton 1:33 59.48 Templecombe 1:42 59.64 West of England line (LSWR) to Exeter Central │ to London 1:43 Tower View Common Lane & Depot Gartell Light Railway Pinesway Junction Park Lane 62.52 Henstridge 1:50 Somerset Dorset border 64.92 Stalbridge 1:55 71.31 Sturminster Newton 2:03 76.20 Shillingstone 2:10 Shillingstone Railway Project (under construction) Stourpaine and Durweston Halt 2:16 84.99 Blandford Forum 2:24 Blandford Camp 86.90 Charlton Marshall Halt 2:29 89.42 Spetisbury 2:34 94.83 Bailey Gate 2:42 Southampton and Dorchester Railway to Ringwood 102.88 Wimborne 2:53 97.69 Corfe Mullen Halt 2:49 102.51 Broadstone Junction 2:55 Broadstone Junction 2:57 Holes Bay 104.59 Creekmoor Halt 2:59 Backwater Channel Hamworthy Junction 3:02 South West Main Line (LSWR) to Weymouth Hamworthy (original station) now Hamworthy Goods Depot Poole Quay 108.03 Poole 3:03 110.96 Parkstone 3:13 113.07 Branksome 3:18 Branksome Junction Bournemouth West Junction Gasworks Junction Bournemouth Depot 3:20 115.03 Bournemouth West 3:23 Meyrick Park Halt Bournemouth Central 3:24 South West Main Line (LSWR) to London