Yeovil Town railway station
Appearance
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 was a railway station that served the town of Yeovil in Somerset, England.
History
[edit]The station was a stop 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1966,[2] but freight and parcels traffic continued to use the station until 3 March 1967, when these services were also withdrawn.
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 |
The site today
[edit]![](http://178.128.105.246/cars-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Yeovil_Town_date_stone.jpg/220px-Yeovil_Town_date_stone.jpg)
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.
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Robert Adley (1988). Covering My Tracks. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 0-85059-882-6
50°56′25.7″N 2°37′30.3″W / 50.940472°N 2.625083°W
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- Buildings and structures in Yeovil
- Disused railway stations in Somerset
- Former Great Western Railway stations
- Former London and South Western Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1861
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1966
- Beeching closures in England
- 1861 establishments in England
- South West England railway station stubs
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