Dave Bown, from Bawdrip, is writing a book called 'The Bridgwater Railway Through Bawdrip'. The Bridgwater Railway Company built a branch railway from Bridgwater, through Bawdrip, Cossington and Chilton Polden, to Edington Junction near Burtle. The railway opened in July 1890 and was just over seven miles long. In July 1890, your Bridgwater Mercury wrote: "The line was opened for regular traffic on Monday morning 21st July 1890, when about 150 persons took tickets for the Edington Junction and back and there was a regular rush to obtain the first tickets. "Most of the passengers returned to Bridgwater by the 08-45 train." It was operated by the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway and operated for 64 years, but sadly closed in 1954.