Washford railway station

Infobox UK station


name=Washford
manager=West Somerset Railway
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locale=Washford
borough=West Somerset, Somerset
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platforms=1

Washford railway station is a station on the West Somerset Railway, a heritage railway in Somerset, United Kingdom. It is situated in the village of Washford.

Washford is the second highest station on the line and is situated in a gap between the coastal cliffs and the Brendon Hills. It is accessed by two very steep inclines for steam trains - from Blue Anchor, there is a one mile section at 1 in 65, the steepest on the line.

Next to the original stone station building of 1874 is a much smaller wooden building, which originally was the later Great Western Railway signal-box. This structure now houses a recreation of the interior of the signal-box at Midford on the Somerset and Dorset Railway. The Somerset And Dorset Railway Trust took over the station yard in 1976 and it now contains a number of historic artefacts from that railway.

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External links

[http://www.wsr.org.uk/wd.htm Washford Station on www.wsr.org.uk]