West Somerset Mineral Railway
Dates
| / /1855 | West Somerset Mineral Railway Company incorporated to build a line from ore workings at Brendon Hill to Watchet Harbour. |
| / /1856 | West Somerset Mineral Railway Construction begins. |
| /04/1857 | West Somerset Mineral Railway Some ore is brought down the line from Comberow. |
| / /1858 | West Somerset Mineral Railway Cable operated incline at Comberow bought into use although line not complete. |
| 24/06/1859 | West Somerset Mineral Railway Line leased by the Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron and Coal Company (originally the Ebbw Vale company) for 55.25 years. |
| 28/09/1859 | West Somerset Mineral Railway Line officially opened to Brendon Hill. |
| / /1861 | West Somerset Mineral Railway Watchet Harbour modified to accept 500 ton vessels. |
| 31/03/1862 | West Somerset Railway Opened, operated by the Bristol and Exeter Junction Railway. There was no connection to the West Somerset Mineral Railway. |
| / /1864 | West Somerset Mineral Railway
Ebbw Vale Company West Somerset Mineral Railway taken over by the Ebbw Vale Company to procure iron ore. |
| 04/09/1865 | West Somerset Mineral Railway Passenger traffic to Comberrow starts. |
| / /1882 | West Somerset Mineral Railway Line loses traffic when the Welsh iron works start to buy ore from Spain. |
| 07/11/1898 | West Somerset Mineral Railway Line closed. |
| / /1900 | West Somerset Mineral Railway Watchet harbour damaged by storms. |
| / /1903 | West Somerset Mineral Railway Watchet Harbour damaged by storms and re-built. |
| 04/07/1909 | West Somerset Mineral Railway The Somerset Mineral Syndicate sub-lets the line from the Ebbw Vale company. The line is re-opened between a new jetty at Watchet and Brendon Hill where a 2 foot mine line extends the railway. Gupwrthy is not re-opened. |
| / /1910 | West Somerset Mineral Railway Mines abandoned. |
| / /1911 | West Somerset Mineral Railway Watchet to Washford section used by an Australian company to demonstrate automatic train control. |
| / /1917 | West Somerset Mineral Railway Track lifted for war effort. |
| / /1919 | West Somerset Mineral Railway Ebbw Vale Companys lease expires and no longer has to pay for use of line. |
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Watchet to Brendon Hill
John Thorn //1965
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