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Norton Fitzwarren railway station is an untimetabled station on the West Somerset Railway in Somerset, England. It was built in 2009 about 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.4 km) north of the site of the old (Norton Fitzwarren) station that served the village of Norton Fitzwarren from 1873 until 1961. There were fatal railway accidents in the vicinity in 1890 ...
Norton Fitzwarren (original) 165 mi 8 ch: 265.7 km . Taunton . 163 mi 12 ch: ... This is a route-map template for the West Somerset Railway, a UK heritage railway.
In 2009, just beyond the new Allerford Junction, the WSR constructed a new 4-carriage length station on the original WSR/Network Rail line, creating a new Norton Fitzwarren station on WSR metals, just west of the original GWR location. [32] Network Rail's (NR) Fairwater Yard track maintenance facility is a short distance east of Norton ...
A former-GWR Autocoach is propelled (by GWR 4575 Class 5542) to the new Norton Fitzwarren station on the heritage-West Somerset Railway New housing in Station Road, on the site of the former Taunton Cider Company works. Norton Fitzwarren was the site of a boat lift on the now disused section of the Grand Western Canal from 1839 to 1867.
The West Somerset Railway opened on 31 March 1862 from a junction at Norton Fitzwarren, but there was no station here and trains continued the short distance to Taunton railway station. A second branch was added on 8 June 1871 when the first section of the Devon and Somerset Railway was opened to Wiveliscombe.
Station information (if applicable) ... Severn Valley Railway: Norton Fitzwarren ... Norton Fitzwarren: 1: 2009: No: West Somerset Railway: O.
A passing loop and second platform were installed in 1880; the line east to Norton Fitzwarren was doubled on 7 February 1937. The station had a signal box on the westbound platform and a small goods yard to the west of the station on the same side of the line. Goods traffic was withdrawn from 30 September 1963.
The former Norton Fitzwarren railway station is the location of two serious collisions and a fatal train fire. The West Somerset Railway diverges on the right and work is under way to provide new facilities here for this heritage railway which includes relaying track for a short distance along the old Devon and Somerset Railway that formed a ...