Shoscombe and Single Hill Halt railway station

Shoscombe & Single Hill Halt
Remains of the Halt in 1967
Location
Place	Shoscombe
Area	Bath and North East Somerset
Grid reference	ST720561
Operations
Post-grouping	SR and LMSR Western Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
23 September 1929	Opened
7 March 1966	Closed
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Shoscombe & Single Hill Halt was a small railway station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway serving small villages between Wellow and Radstock, about seven miles south of Bath.

The station was the last to open on the Somerset and Dorset main line, with services beginning on 23 September 1929. It closed with the rest of the line on 7 March 1966 under the Beeching Axe.^[1]

The station, sited in the hamlet of Single Hill, consisted of two bare concrete platforms, with ornate oil lamps but without buildings. A small building containing a booking office and a waiting room was provided on the footpath leading to the station.^[1]

Somerset & Dorset train in 1959

Southbound Pines Express passing Shoscombe & Single Hill Halt in 1959

References

• Somerset Railway Stations, by Mike Oakley, Dovecote Press, 2002.

External links

• Station on navigable O.S. map

Coordinates: 51°18′N 2°24′W / 51.300°N 2.400°W / 51.300; -2.400