Description
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The original buildings have all been demolished. The footbridge remains but has been truncated following the closure of the Somerset & Dorset platforms. No trace of the engine shed and works now remains. A couple of old wagon wheels sit on a short length of track on a plinth as a reminder of Highbridge's railway past.
The main entrance to the station is on the town side of the line and this gives access to Bristol-bound platform. The Taunton-bound platform can be reached by the footbridge, or through the housing estate that occupies the site of the former Somerset & Dorset platforms. Both main line platforms extend south across the tidal River Brue.
A loop on the west side of the line south of the station can be used by goods trains in either direction, southbound trains crossing over to run wrong line through the northbound platform to do so. This crossing also allows terminating passenger trains from the north to reverse here if required.
Read more about this topic: Highbridge And Burnham Railway Station
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