Radstock West railway station was a station on the Bristol and North Somerset Railway in the county of Bath and North East Somerset in England.

Radstock West
A railtour at Radstock in 1979
General information
Location	Radstock, Bath and North East Somerset England
Coordinates	51.292464°N 2.447464°W / 51.292464; -2.447464
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Bristol and North Somerset Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
3 September 1873 (1873-09-03)	Opened as Radstock
26 September 1949	Renamed Radstock West
2 November 1959 (1959-11-02)	Closed

History

Opened as Radstock on 3 September 1873,[1] it was located immediately to the southwest of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway's Radstock North (1874-1966). The station was renamed Radstock West on 26 September 1949, and closed on 2 November 1959.[1][2] Concurrently with the closure of the S&DJR on 7 March 1966, a connection was made to the S&DJR. This allowed trains on the former B&NSR to traverse a short spur through Radstock North to the Lower Writhlington, Braysdown and Writhlington collieries, to transport coal to Portishead power station. After the last coal from the Somerset Coalfield was extracted from Writhlington Colliery on 28 September 1973, the spur was dismantled.

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