Yeovil Town railway station
Yeovil Town | |
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Yeovil Town in 1964 | |
General information | |
Location | Yeovil, Somerset England |
Platforms | 4 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Bristol and Exeter Railway |
Pre-grouping | GWR/LSWR Joint |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
1 June 1861 | Station opens |
3 October 1966 | Closed for passenger traffic |
3 March 1967 | Station closes [1] |
Yeovil Town railway station was a railway station serving the town of Yeovil in Somerset, England. The station was on the Yeovil to Taunton Line and also had shuttle services to Pen Mill and Yeovil Junction stations. The station opened on 1 June 1861, replacing an earlier Yeovil Hendford railway station when the line was extended.[1] It closed to passenger traffic on 3 October 1966,[2] but freight and parcels traffic continued to use the station until 3 March 1967, when these services were also withdrawn.
The site today
After closure, the station was demolished and the site was cleared to serve as a car and coach park. A cinema and leisure complex has also been built on part of the site.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Hendford Halt | Great Western Railway Yeovil to Taunton Line | Yeovil Junction or Yeovil Pen Mill Shuttle Service |
References
- ^ a b Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd
- ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 470. OCLC 931112387.
Further reading
- Robert Adley (1988). Covering My Tracks. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 0-85059-882-6
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