Английская Википедия:Comberow railway station

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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.Шаблон:Sfn 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".Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

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.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn[1]

Services

The stone-built station opened for goods traffic in 1857. A passenger service began in September 1865, connecting Watchet with the village of Washford and the hamlets of Roadwater and Comberow.Шаблон:Sfn Passengers were carried from Comberow up the rope-hauled incline to Шаблон:Rws and on to Шаблон:Rws on a wagon, free of charge, but at their own risk.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

The initial passenger service consisted of four trains a day out and back.Шаблон:Sfn

Like other railways built to serve one industry, such as iron ore carrying lines in Cumbria, their fortunes were at the mercy of that industry. Iron and steel making was given to boom and bust and suffered a significant downturn in the 1870s, exacerbated by imports of cheaper and better ore from abroad. The iron mines which provided the WSMR's staple traffic stuttered to complete closure between 1879 and 1883. The line did not close immediately, two mixed trains a day continued to run until 1898, when all traffic ceased.Шаблон:Sfn

In 1907 the Somerset Mineral Syndicate made an attempt to revive the line,Шаблон:Sfn reopening Colton mine and starting a new bore at Timwood, a few hundred yards north of Comberow. Apart from a reopening day special on 4 July 1907Шаблон:Sfn no passenger service was provided. The venture collapsed in March 1910.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Abandonment

After closure in 1910 the line through Comberow was subject to minimal maintenanceШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn until its metals were requisitioned for the war effort in 1917.

With neither track, rolling stock nor prospects an Act of Parliament was sought and passed to abandon the railway. Its assets were auctioned on 8 August 1924 and the company was wound up in 1925, after which the station building slowly decayed.Шаблон:Sfn

Evocative contemporary descriptions of the line in its later years have been preserved.Шаблон:Sfn

Afterlife

By 2016 much of the route could still be traced on the ground, on maps and on satellite images. The incline from Comberow to Brendon Hill is a Listed structure. The stationmaster's house survives, but has been greatly altered.Шаблон:Sfn

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