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Roadwater railway station

Former railway stations in SomersetPages with no open date in Infobox stationRailway stations in Great Britain closed in 1898Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1865Use British English from November 2013

The Roadwater railway station was an intermediate station on the West Somerset Mineral Railway (WSMR), which was constructed primarily to transport iron ore from mines to Watchet harbour in Somerset, England. The line was isolated from other rail networks, though it passed beneath what is now the West Somerset Railway north of Roadwater. The line's seven stations were designed by Rice Hopkins. Roadwater was one of five stations that shared a distinctive architectural style. It provided typical goods services, as well as coal and passenger facilities. A Temperance Hall was also constructed nearby.

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Roadwater railway station
Watersmeet Close,

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