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Location notes
A 2 platform station located between Taunton and Bristol on the Great Western Main Line.
Railway type and traffic
Highbridge & Burnham station is served solely by First Great Western, mainly by services on the Taunton to Cardiff route, infrequent HST's to and from London in the morning and late evening too.
You can expect to see the following:
FGW Class 150/153/158 and HST's, XC Voyagers and HST's.
Freight is sparse, but there is a DB Schenker fuel oil train on Tuesday afternoons, a roughly weekly Colas Rail log train and flask traffic to and from Bridgwater, engineers workings are fairly common too.
You can expect to see the following:
FGW Class 150/153/158 and HST's, XC Voyagers and HST's.
Freight is sparse, but there is a DB Schenker fuel oil train on Tuesday afternoons, a roughly weekly Colas Rail log train and flask traffic to and from Bridgwater, engineers workings are fairly common too.
Link to Real Time Trains
RTT Link Highbridge and Burnham Station
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This link should be close to the location, but may not be the actual location so please check the page. This link will take you to what is happening 'around now'. Dates and times can be changed at the top of the page.
Environment
An unstaffed two platform station with ubiquitous open shelters the only weather protection, the station seems safe enough, although as with any unstaffed station it is best to use caution at night.
Road directions
Located just off the A38, and is well signposted from Highbridge town centre.
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Highbridge and Burnham Station map co-ordinates
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Highbridge and Burnham Station map co-ordinates
Parking
Parking is available on the station approach road, but there aren't always many free spaces, it does seem secure though.
Public transport
Regular buses from the Taunton and Weston-super-Mare areas, and roughly hourly local train services on the Taunton - Bristol - Cardiff route.
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Amenities
Plenty of takeaways and newsagents on Market Street which is a few minutes walk from the station.
Accommodation
Accommodation is readily available in Burnham-on-Sea, which is a few miles away.
Sun Compass
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Highbridge and Burnham Station
Streetmap links
Highbridge and Burnham Station general view map
Highbridge and Burnham Station close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Highbridge and Burnham Station
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Highbridge and Burnham Station
Googly map
Highbridge and Burnham Station general view map
Highbridge and Burnham Station close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Highbridge and Burnham Station
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Photographic notes
The best shot is looking north in the afternoon from the up platform, where a shot free of any station furniture or platform is available, although you will need a focal length of at least around 25mm to push past the B3139 road bridge (shots are also available from this bridge in the up direction).
High trees can sometimes cause shadow issues for shots of trains at the platforms.
Noise levels are usually low, although as of May 2013 a building project is taking place next to the station, so this may impede videographers for a few months.
High trees can sometimes cause shadow issues for shots of trains at the platforms.
Noise levels are usually low, although as of May 2013 a building project is taking place next to the station, so this may impede videographers for a few months.
General views - All photographs © Tim Squires unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking north
Fig 2 - Looking south
Fig 3 - Looking north
Fig 4 - Looking south
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The information on these pages is supplied for the benefit of railway enthusiasts who carry out a harmless hobby, and through the medium of photography and video, actually promote the railway industry. Railway enthusiasts can also act as eyes and ears against railway vandalism, and as such should surely be encouraged to do so by the supply of adequate information such as is found on this website.
This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
