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The station was opened as Worle on 1 December 1897 by the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway. It was one of the few stations to have basic facilities, a ticket office and a waiting room. It also has a siding which served Worle Gas Works until it closed in 1920, a platform which was later removed and an ungated crossing. [1]
The station finally closed on 6 April 1964, although a new Worle railway station was opened a short distance to the west on 24 September 1990. The original station saw some traffic to temporary sidings in 1970–71 during the construction of the M5 Motorway.
Puxton and Worle closed on 6 April 1964. [7] There was also a Worle Town station situated much closer to the High Street but only served by the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway from 1897 to 1940. [7] The present day Worle railway station is situated midway between the two former sites and was opened on 24 September 1990. [8]
A short distance beyond the station is Worle Junction where a single-track branch diverges to the right to serve Weston Milton and Weston-super-Mare railway stations. [6] There is a crossing loop at Weston-super-Mare, beyond which the single track continues to rejoin the main line at Uphill Junction.
A replica of the locomotive North Star at the site of the first station. The Bristol and Exeter Railway arrived in Weston-super-Mare on 14 June 1841. This was not the route that serves today's station, but rather a single-track branch line from Weston Junction railway station, midway between the present-day Worle and Uphill junctions, which terminated at a small station in Regent Street close ...
The nearest railway station is Worle railway station. Puxton and Worle railway station was opened on 14 June 1841 a little further east. It was originally named 'Banwell Road' but this was changed to 'Worle' on 3 August 1869. [9] On 1 March 1884 the Weston Loop Line was opened and a new 'Worle' station provided on this, just west of the new ...
1844–1876. Successor. Great Western Railway. Technical. Track gauge. 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) The Bristol and Exeter Railway (B&ER) was an English railway company formed to connect Bristol and Exeter. It was built on the broad gauge and its engineer was Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It opened in stages between 1841 and 1844.
Weston Milton railway station. / 51.348; -2.9433. Weston Milton railway station serves the Milton and Locking Castle areas of Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset, England. It is situated on a loop off the Bristol to Taunton Line, 136 miles 12 chains (136.15 mi; 219.1 km) from the zero point at London Paddington via Box. [ 1]