page_title: Flax Bourton railway station
section_title: Closure and dilapidation
hierarchical_section_title: Flax Bourton railway station / History / Closure and dilapidation
caption_attribution_description: English: Flax Bourton Signal Box, November 1971
context_page_description: Flax Bourton railway station was a railway station on the Bristol to Exeter line, 5 miles 49 chains from Bristol Temple Meads, serving the village of Flax Bourton in North Somerset. It opened in 1860, and was closed by the Beeching Axe in 1964.
context_section_description: The station closed to passengers on 2 December 1963, a victim of the Beeching Axe. Goods traffic continued until 1 July 1964, although the private siding continued in use for some time. Of the first station all that remains is the footbridge (although the deck has been replaced with concrete), but it is just possible to make out the old paths down to the platforms. The station master's house is now in residential use.
  More survives of the second station – the main building and goods shed on the eastbound platform are still in situ, albeit boarded-up and crumbling, at the end of a private residential road. The building on the westbound platform has been demolished, the platforms have been removed and the running lines slewed closer to the remaining station buildings. The relief line to the east has been removed. The fuel sidings were disconnected and the adjacent crossover points removed in February 2004.
  One of the station buildings was damaged by arson on 7 April 2003.
caption: Flax Bourton signal box in the 1970s.
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