Keinton Mandeville railway station

Keinton Mandeville
General information
Location	Keinton Mandeville, Somerset England
Grid reference	ST565304
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 July 1905	Opened
10 September 1962	Closed

Keinton Mandeville railway station was a small railway station situated on the Great Western Railway's Langport and Castle Cary Railway. It was located is in the village of Lydford-on-Fosse but was named the larger neighbouring village of Keinton Mandeville in Somerset, England.

The station opened on 1 July 1905, at the same time as Charlton Mackrell and the two stations were operated as a temporary branch from Castle Cary before the railway opened throughout as a whole the following year. ^[1]

The station had two platforms and a building, as well as a small goods yard behind the east platform. ^[2]

No sign of the station now remains, the site is now a scrap yard. The line is still in use as part of the Reading–Taunton line.

Services

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Charlton Mackrell		Langport and Castle Cary Railway (Great Western Railway)		Alford Halt

References

1. Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations - Details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present. Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 129. ISBN   1-85260-508-1.
2. Oakley, Mike (2006). Somerset Railway Stations. Redcliffe Press.