Shoscombe and Single Hill Halt railway station

Shoscombe & Single Hill Halt
Remains of the Halt in 1967
General information
Location	Shoscombe, Bath and North East Somerset England
Grid reference	ST720561
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Post-grouping	SR and LMSR Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
23 September 1929	Opened
7 March 1966	Closed

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.

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.

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

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Radstock North Line and station closed		Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway SR and LMSRs		Wellow Line and station closed