The station was located at the foot of the line's most striking feature - a three quarters of a mile, rope-hauled incline at a gradient of 1 in 4 (25%).
A passenger service began in September 1865, connecting Watchet with the village of Washford and the hamlets of Roadwater and Comberow.
[14] Passengers were carried from Comberow up the rope-hauled incline to Brendon Hill and on to Gupworthy on a wagon, free of charge, but at their own risk.
Iron and steel making was given to boom and bust and suffered a significant downturn in the 1870s, exacerbated by imports of cheaper and better ore from abroad.
[18] In 1907 the Somerset Mineral Syndicate made an attempt to revive the line,[19] reopening Colton mine and starting a new bore at Timwood, a few hundred yards north of Comberow.