Bridgwater station was built to a design of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and the main station building dates from the line's opening (with Bridgwater as its terminus) in 1841.
The front of the station building seen from the car park:
A portakabin mars this longer view:
The side of the station building offers access to the platforms when the ticket office is closed:
Through the ticket office on to the platform, platform 2:
Platform 2 seen from platform 1:
Looking south along platform 2, with the station front and a siding on the right:
Looking north from the same spot:
The southern end of platform 2 with an additional footbridge over the line and an old bay platform on the right:
The view south along the line from the end of platform 2:
Looking north at the station:
Platform 1, opposite, for trains towards Taunton:
Now fenced off and boarded up, the rear of the station building on platform 1:
Looking south from the footbridge at the station canopies:
Looking north along the line from the footbridge:
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