Bridgwater North railway station

Bridgwater North
The station in 1963
General information
Location	Bridgwater, Sedgemoor England
Coordinates	51°07′57″N 2°59′45″W / 51.1326°N 2.9959°W / 51.1326; -2.9959
Grid reference	ST304374
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Bridgwater Railway
Pre-grouping	Bridgwater Railway
Post-grouping	Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Key dates
21 July 1890 (1890-07-21)	Opened as Bridgwater
26 September 1949	Renamed Bridgwater North
1 December 1952 (1952-12-01)	Closed for passengers
7 July 1962	closed for goods

Bridgwater North railway station was the terminus of the Bridgwater Railway, which ran from a junction with the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway at Edington, between 1890 and 1954. Although often regarded as part of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, and effectively worked as part of that system, the Bridgwater Railway remained nominally independent until the railway Grouping of 1923 when it was vested in the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway group.^[1][2]