Accidents
- Foxcote (Radstock) collision, 1876
- Combe Down Tunnel runaway, 1929
From 1922 onwards, the Eclipse Peat Works 2 ft (610 mm) industrial tramway had a level crossing on the SD&JR Burnham-on-Sea branch, .5 miles (0.80 km) west of Ashcott railway station. The Eclipse also had a level crossing on the SD&JR branch further towards Glastonbury. In 1949 a British Railways passenger train from Highbridge collided with an Eclipse narrow gauge diesel locomotive crossing on the level and left the track, ending up in the Glastonbury Canal.
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