Cheddar railway station

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Cheddar
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General information
Location Cheddar, Somerset
England
Coordinates 51°16′33″N2°47′03″W / 51.2757°N 2.7841°W / 51.2757; -2.7841 Coordinates: 51°16′33″N2°47′03″W / 51.2757°N 2.7841°W / 51.2757; -2.7841
Grid reference ST454532
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Bristol and Exeter Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Key dates
1869opened
1963closed for passengers
1965closed for freight
1969closed entirely

Cheddar railway station was a station on the Bristol and Exeter Railway's Cheddar Valley line in Cheddar, Somerset, England. The station had substantial goods traffic based on the locally-grown strawberries, which led to the line's alternative name as The Strawberry Line.

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History

The station was opened as the temporary terminus of the broad gauge line in August 1869. The railway was extended to Wells in 1870, converted to standard gauge in the mid-1870s and then linked up to the East Somerset Railway to provide through services from Yatton to Witham in 1878. All the railways involved were absorbed into the Great Western Railway in the 1870s. [1]

Cheddar was the largest station on the line, with a big station building and an all-over roof that covered both platforms. The station was host to a GWR camp coach from 1935 to 1939. [2] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Western Region from 1952 to 1963 (except for 1953). [3]

The Yatton to Witham line closed to passengers in 1963. Cheddar remained open for goods until November 1965, and even then a private siding kept the line in place until March 1969.

Most of the station buildings still exist in other uses, but the overall roof was taken down soon after the passenger service was withdrawn. [4]

Services

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Axbridge   Great Western Railway
Cheddar Valley Railway 		  Draycott

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References

  1. ↑ MacDermot, E T (1931). History of the Great Western Railway. Vol. 2 (1863-1921) (1 ed.). London: Great Western Railway.
  2. ↑ McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 31. ISBN   1-870119-48-7.
  3. ↑ McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. pp. 95–99. ISBN   1-870119-53-3.
  4. ↑ Oakley, Mike (October 2002). Somerset Railway Stations. Wimborne: Dovecote Press. p. 40. ISBN   1-904349-09-9.
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