[1] Originally built to the designs of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the station is now a Grade II* listed building.

[3] During the period that the station was a terminus it became a focus for horse-drawn coaches that met the trains and carried their passengers onwards.

An accident happened when one of these was overturned on the level crossing that was situated at the south end of the platforms, although the only serious injury was a bystander who broke an ankle – the coach driver and passengers were largely unscathed.

A hotel was built just outside the station entrance which has since been demolished, but the houses provided for the company's staff can still be seen.

The main entrance is on the town side of the station and the platform served by trains towards Bristol.

The loading facilities for these nuclear flasks are in a secure compound on the stub of the old docks branch line.

[8] Some additional services call during weekday peak times and more sporadically at the weekend, including to/from London Paddington.

The Bristol and Exeter Railway Act 1836 had allowed for a branch to the river at Bridgwater but this was never constructed.

Instead, the Corporation of Bridgwater built a tramway from the station to wharves (later known as Clink Yard) on the north side of the River Parrett; this was opened in 1845 and worked by horses.

Brunel left the centering scaffold in place as the foundations were still settling but was forced to remove it in 1843 to reopen the river for navigation.