Everything about Weston Milton Railway Station totally explained
Weston Milton railway station serves the Milton and Locking Castle areas of
Weston-super-Mare in
North Somerset. It is situated on a loop off the
Bristol to Taunton Line
History
The station was opened as
Weston Milton Halt on
3 July 1933 to serve the expansion of the Milton area to the east of the town centre. The name "halt" indicated that it was an unstaffed station but with platforms of sufficient length to accommodate full-sized trains. Access to the two platforms, which were built of pre-cast concrete sections, was from the Locking Moor Road at the east end of the station.
When the line was singled between Worle Junction and Weston-super-Mare on
31 January 1972 it was the northern or "up" line that was retained. After a while the line was relaid in the centre of the formation. In order to do this the new track was initially laid on the abandonded down formation and trains called for a short while at the old down platform while the up line was lifted and the up platform moved to be partly in its place. The new line was then slewed over to run alongside the platform after which the down platform was dismantled.
In 1983 £30,000 was spent to provide a new waiting shelter and refurbish the car park. The entrance was moved from the bridge to be nearer the middle if the platform. With the opening of
Worle railway station on
24 September 1990 a number of commuters changed to using that station, but improved daytime services and the new Locking Castle housing development have mitigated this loss of passengers.
Statements by Network Rail in early 2007 appear to indicate that the line will be doubled from Worle Junction as far as the east side of the station in 2008, with a further phase later extending the double track through the station as far as Weston-super-Mare.
Description
The station is located in Saville Road and consists of just one small platform (on the left hand side of the train when travelling towards
Bristol).
Services
All trains are operated by
First Great Western. The basic pattern of services is for an hourly train between
Weston-super-Mare and
Bristol Parkway which calls at all stations. There are a few commuter services which run instead to
Bath Spa and then on to
London Paddington. These London services are generally operated by
High Speed Trains which are too long for the platform, so only the front coaches are stopped alongside the platform.
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