There are 22 disused railway stations on the Bristol to Exeter line between Bristol Temple Meads and Exeter St Davids. The line was completed in 1844 at which time the temporary terminus at Beambridge
The site of Long Ashton station.
The main station building of 1893 at Flax Bourton as it stands today.
The Puxton station signal box has been retained to operate the level crossings here and at nearby Hewish.
Drawings for Weston Junction Station, by Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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The Bristol and Exeter Railway was an English railway company formed to connect Bristol and Exeter. It was built on the broad gauge and its engineer was Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It opened in stages be
Disused railway stations on the Bristol to Exeter Line
…site in 1986. 12 of the disused stations have structures that can still be seen from passing trains. The 75-mile (121 km) route was opened by the Bristol and Exeter Railway in stages between 1841 and 1844. In 1876 this company was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway which, in turn, was nationalised into British…
Exeter in 1844-1850. W Hake's painting shows the opening of the Bristol and Exeter Railway as seen from Exwick Hill.
The B&E headquarters building at Temple Meads, Bristol
William Powell Frith's painting of The Railway Station depicts the scene at London Paddington as a West of England express is prepared. The train includes a B&ER luggage van next to the locomotive.
Devil's Bridge, Uphill