Comberow railway station
Comberow | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Comberow, Somerset England |
| Coordinates | 51°06′31″N 3°23′16″W / 51.1087°N 3.3879°W |
| Grid reference | ST029352 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | West Somerset Mineral Railway |
| Key dates | |
| December 1857 | Opened for goods |
| 4 September 1865 | Opened for passengers |
| 7 November 1898 | Closed |
| 1907 | Reopened |
| 1910 | Closed |
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Comberow was an intermediate station on the West Somerset Mineral Railway (WSMR), which was built primarily to carry iron ore from mines to Watchet harbour in Somerset, England. The line was unconnected to any other, though it passed under what is now the West Somerset Railway south of the town of Watchet. The station was located at the foot of the line's most striking feature - a three quarters of a mile, rope-hauled incline at a gradient of 1 in 4 (25%).
The line's seven stations were designed by Rice Hopkins. Comberow was one of the five which showed a clear family resemblance. It offered the usual goods and passenger facilities. Although the station nameboard and all published literature refers to the station as "Comberow", passenger tickets were printed "Combe Row".
Comberow's situation in a valley at the foot of the incline, together with the happy accidents of having an early railway photographer in the vicinity and exceptional historians interested in the railway has left a rich legacy of photographs of the station in context.