Station opened - 3rd February 1862
Station closed to passenger traffic - 7th March 1966
Station closed to goods traffic - 5th April 1965
Grid ref: 183 ST 671334
| The station was originally built and opened under the
Dorset Central Railway, and was the Northern most point of the line before
its linking to the Somerset Central in February 1862. The station nameboards
read ' Cole For Bruton' , making reference to the nearby larger town of
Bruton. The station consisted of two platforms, the stone built station
buildings being on the down platform with no canopy. There was a wooden
shelter on the up side. Just to the North of the station the line to
Evercreech
crossed the five arched Cole Viaduct and just a bit further on, the line
then crossed the G.W.R. main Westbury to Taunton line. There was a small goods yard consisting of three sidings just to the south of the station on the down side, one of which led to a small goods shed. The yard closed on the 5th of April 1965
The station area was controlled by a small 14 lever wooden signal box situated at the Southern end of the up platform. The box closed on the 31st of May 1965, shortly after the goods yard closed. |
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Friday August 10, 2007
