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Highbridge and Burnham railway staiton, viewed from the site of the south-side of the now-demolised Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway station, now a housing development.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Looking north from the roadbridge immediately north of Highbridge and Burnham railway staiton in Somerset. The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway route from its station to Burnham-on-Sea crossed the surviving Great Western line at an acute angle from right to left under the bridge and diverged between the bridge and red-brick building seen here. The gathering of plant and materials in the yard on the left of the line is in advance of a week-long closure of the line for track replacement between Worle Junction north of Weston-super-Mare and Cogload Junction north of Taunton.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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The housing development on the site of the now-demolished Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Highbridge station, adjacent to the surviving Great Western portion, now the National Rail Highbridge & Burnham railway station.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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A merged view of the housing development on the site of the now-demolished Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Highbridge station, adjacent to the surviving Great Western portion, now the National Rail Highbridge & Burnham railway station.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Part of the housing development on the site of the now-demolished Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Highbridge station, adjacent to the surviving Great Western portion, now the National Rail Highbridge & Burnham railway station.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Allotments on the site of the now-demolished Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Highbridge station, adjacent to the surviving Great Western portion, now the National Rail Highbridge & Burnham railway station.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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A merged view of the housing development on the site of the now-demolished Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Highbridge station, adjacent to the surviving Great Western portion, now the National Rail Highbridge & Burnham railway station.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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The site of the now-demolished Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Highbridge station, adjacent to the surviving Great Western portion, now the National Rail Highbridge & Burnham railway station, is now mostly a housing development. The road names Somerset Way and Dorset Close are about the only clues that the station even existed.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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The site of the now-demolished Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Highbridge station, adjacent to the surviving Great Western portion, now the National Rail Highbridge & Burnham railway station, is now mostly a housing development. These rail tracks and wheels are about the only clues that the station even existed, and even then there is no plaque explaining their significance.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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An unusual and rather dilapitdated bench at Highbridge & Burnham station in Somerset, made partly from old bullhead rails.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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The platforms at Highbridge & Burnham station in Somerset are located on both sides of and a bridge over the River Brue. This photograph was taken from platform 2 looking south.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Looking east from the footbridge at Highbridge & Burnham station in Somerset. The current staiton consists only of the Bristol and Exter (later Great Western) portion of this junction station. The new housing devleopment is built on the site of the much larger Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway station.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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The entrance to Highbridge & Burnham railway station from the main road. Although the full name of the station is Highbridge and Burnham, it is located in Highbridge and this shorter name is frequently used. The Original name for the station was also just Highbridge, when it was a junction station between the Great Western and Somerset & Dorset Joint railways the latter company had a station on Burnham sea front.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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The eastern (platform 1) side of the footbridge at Higbridge & Burnham station has an unusual design. The reason for this is that it dates from when it was a junction station between the suriving north-south Great Western station and the northwest-southeast Somerset & Dorset Joint railway that met at an acute angle. The S&D route route to Burnham-on-Sea crossed the Great Western lines immediately north of the latter's platforms, and the bridge would have continued over these tracks to the southwest-bound platform and north-side bays.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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The eastern (platform 1) side of the footbridge at Higbridge & Burnham station has an unusual design. The reason for this is that it dates from when it was a junction station between the suriving north-south Great Western station and the northwest-southeast Somerset & Dorset Joint railway that met at an acute angle. The S&D route route to Burnham-on-Sea crossed the Great Western lines immediately north of the latter's platforms, and the bridge would have continued over these tracks to the southwest-bound platform and north-side bays.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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The eastern (platform 1) side of the footbridge at Higbridge & Burnham station has an unusual design. The reason for this is that it dates from when it was a junction station between the suriving north-south Great Western station and the northwest-southeast Somerset & Dorset Joint railway that met at an acute angle. The S&D route route to Burnham-on-Sea crossed the Great Western lines immediately north of the latter's platforms, and the bridge would have continued over these tracks to the southwest-bound platform and north-side bays. The bricks clearly show where the demolished portion would join.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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The eastern (platform 1) side of the footbridge at Higbridge & Burnham station has an unusual design. The reason for this is that it dates from when it was a junction station between the suriving north-south Great Western station and the northwest-southeast Somerset & Dorset Joint railway that met at an acute angle. The S&D route route to Burnham-on-Sea crossed the Great Western lines immediately north of the latter's platforms, and the bridge would have continued over these tracks to the southwest-bound platform and north-side bays. The bricks clearly show where the demolished portion would join.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Highbridge and Burnham railway staiton, viwed from the site of the westbound and north-side bay platforms of the now-demolised Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway station, now a housing development.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Highbridge and Burnham railway staiton viewed from the car park. The present station is a small station served by local trains between Weston-super-Mare and Taunton is a shadow of its former existence as an important junction station between the Great Western and Somerset & Dorset Joint railways. The red-brick buildings in the distance are built on the site of the latter station, closed along with the rest of the railway in the 1960s.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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A merged view of Highbridge and Burnham railway staiton from the northern end of platform 2. The present station is a small station served by local trains between Weston-super-Mare and Taunton is a shadow of its former existence as an important junction station between the Great Western and Somerset & Dorset Joint railways. The red-brick buildings in the background on the left are built on the site of the latter station, closed along with the rest of the railway in the 1960s. The reason platform 1 is significantly shorter is than platform 2 is that the SDJR route to Burnham-on-Sea crossed the Great Western tracks at an acute angle here.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Highbridge and Burnham railway staiton, viwed from the southern end of platform 2, the northbound platform.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Highbridge and Burnham railway staiton, viwed from the southern end of platform 2, the northbound platform. The points are the northern exit from a goods loop immediately south of the staiton.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Highbridge and Burnham railway staiton, viwed looking north from a short distance south of the bridge over the River Brue.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Highbridge and Burnham railway staiton, viewed looking north from the southern end of platform 1, the southbound platform.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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The northern end of Highbridge and Burnham railway staiton, viewed looking north from the southern end of platform 1, the southbound platform.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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A merged view of the northern end of Highbridge and Burnham railway staiton from platform 2. The present station is a small station served by local trains between Weston-super-Mare and Taunton is a shadow of its former existence as an important junction station between the Great Western and Somerset & Dorset Joint railways. The red-brick buildings in the background on the right are built on the site of the latter station, closed along with the rest of the railway in the 1960s. The reason platform 1 is significantly shorter is than platform 2 is that the SDJR route to Burnham-on-Sea crossed the Great Western tracks at an acute angle here, sharing the road bridge.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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The northern end of Highbridge & Burnham railway station, viewed from platform 1.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Looking north from the footbridge at Highbridge and Burnham railway staiton. The present station is a small station served by local trains between Weston-super-Mare and Taunton is a shadow of its former existence as an important junction station between the Great Western and Somerset & Dorset Joint railways. The latter station, the site of which was on the right of this photograph, was closed along with the rest of the railway in the 1960s. The reason platform 1 on the right is significantly shorter is than platform 2 is that the SDJR route to Burnham-on-Sea crossed the Great Western tracks at an acute angle here, coming in from the bottom right, sharing the road bridge and then heading off to the left.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Looking north from the roadbridge immediately north of Highbridge and Burnham railway staiton in Somerset. The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway route from its station to Burnham-on-Sea crossed the surviving Great Western line at an acute angle from right to left under the bridge and diverged between the bridge and red-brick building seen here. The gathering of plant and materials in the yard on the left of the line is in advance of a week-long closure of the line for track replacement between Worle Junction north of Weston-super-Mare and Cogload Junction north of Taunton.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Looking north from the roadbridge immediately north of Highbridge and Burnham railway staiton in Somerset.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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The northern end of platform 1 at Highbridge and Burnham railway staiton from platform 2. The present station is a small station served by local trains between Weston-super-Mare and Taunton is a shadow of its former existence as an important junction station between the Great Western and Somerset & Dorset Joint railways. The red-brick buildings in the background are built on the site of the latter station, closed along with the rest of the railway in the 1960s. The reason platform 1 is significantly shorter is than platform 2 is that the SDJR route to Burnham-on-Sea crossed the Great Western tracks at an acute angle here, sharing the road bridge north of the present station.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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A small brick building at the northern end of platform 2 at Highbridge and Burnham railway station in Somerset. The steel shutters over the window and door suggest that although its use is not immediately obvious, it isn't completely disused.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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The toe of points 711B at Highbridge and Burnham station in Somerset.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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One design of rail clip attaching the flatbottomed rail to the concrete sleepers at Highbridge & Burnham railway station in Somerset.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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One design of rail clip attaching the flatbottomed rail to the concrete sleepers at Highbridge & Burnham railway station in Somerset.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Two different designs of rail clip attaching flatbottomed rail to concrete sleepers at Highbridge & Burnham railway station in Somerset. Based on the apparent age of the sleepers, the design on the right is newer, but why the change happens here where there is no evidence of any joints in the rail, I don't know.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Two different designs of rail clip attaching flatbottomed rail to concrete sleepers at Highbridge & Burnham railway station in Somerset. Based on the apparent age of the sleepers, the design on the right is newer, but why the change happens here where there is no evidence of any joints in the rail, I don't know.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Looking east from Highbridge and Burnham railway station in Somerset along the River Brue. The new housing development in the background is built on the site of the now-demolished Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway portion of the staiton.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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The sign at the entrance to Highbridge & Burnham railway station from the main road. Although the full name of the station is Highbridge and Burnham, it is located in Highbridge and this shorter name is frequently used. The Original name for the station was also just Highbridge, when it was a junction station between the Great Western and Somerset & Dorset Joint railways the latter company had a station on Burnham sea front.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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A platform sign at Highbridge & Burnham railway station from the main road. Although the full name of the station is Highbridge and Burnham, it is located in Highbridge and the shorter name is frequently used. The Original name for the station was also just Highbridge, when it was a junction station between the Great Western and Somerset & Dorset Joint railways the latter company had a station on Burnham sea front.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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The southern end of Highbridge and Burnham railway station in Somerset, viewed from platform 2.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Looking south from the footbridge at Highbridge & Burnham railway station in Somerset.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Looking south from the footbridge at Highbridge & Burnham railway station in Somerset.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Looking north from the northern end of platform 2 at Highbridge & Burnham railway station in Somerset. The now long-closed Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway route to Burnham-on-Sea crossed the surviving Great Western (now Network Rail) tracks at an acute angle here, joining from the right and sharing the road bridge before diverging to the left this side of the brick building.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Looking north from the northern end of platform 2 at Highbridge & Burnham railway station in Somerset.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Looking north from the northern end of platform 2 at Highbridge & Burnham railway station in Somerset.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Looking north from the northern end of platform 1 at Highbridge & Burnham railway station in Somerset. The now long-closed Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway route to Burnham-on-Sea crossed the surviving Great Western (now Network Rail) tracks at an acute angle here from the now overgrown area to the right and sharing the road bridge before diverging to the left this side of the brick building.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Looking north from the northern end of platform 1 at Highbridge & Burnham railway station in Somerset. The now long-closed Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway route to Burnham-on-Sea crossed the surviving Great Western (now Network Rail) tracks at an acute angle here from immediately north of the present platform 1 to between the brick building and shrubbery adjacent to the roadbridge abutment in the left foreground.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Looking north from the northern end of platform 1 at Highbridge & Burnham railway station in Somerset.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Looking south from the southern end of platform 2 at Highbridge & Burnham railway station in Somerset.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Looking south from the southern end of platform 2 at Highbridge & Burnham railway station in Somerset.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Looking south from the southern end of platform 1 at Highbridge & Burnham railway station in Somerset.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Looking south from the southern end of platform 1 at Highbridge & Burnham railway station in Somerset.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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The site of the now-demolished Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Highbridge station, adjacent to the surviving Great Western portion, now the National Rail Highbridge & Burnham railway station, is now mostly a housing development. These rail tracks and wheels are about the only clues that the station even existed, and even then there is no plaque explaining their significance.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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Road/rail diggera, two trolleys and lighting units in the yard adjacent to the Great Western main line north of Highbridge & Bridgwater railway station. This is part of a garthering of plant and materials in advance of a week-long closure of the line for track replacement between Worle Junction north of Weston-super-Mare and Cogload Junction north of Taunton.
Photo by Chris McKenna 16/11/2006. |
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