The station consisted of two platforms with a flint station building and goods shed at the south end. A signal box was added later - it was closed in the summer of 1988,when the "no signalman token system" was introduced between Maiden Newton and Yeovil.[4] From 1857 to 1975 the station was the junction for the Bridport Railway and an extra bay platform was added at the north end of the station for these trains.[5] This can still be seen at the west end of the station and this end of the trackbed is a footpath and cycleway.
The station is Grade II listed.[1] The main station building was built for the opening of the station and although in the style of Isambard Kingdom Brunel is most likely to designs by his assistant Robert Pearson Brereton. It is constructed of flint with Hamstone dressings and an artificial slate roof. The other buildings within the listing include a smaller shelter with Welsh slate roof,and the footbridge of reinforced concrete installed in the 1950s by the Western Region of British Railways.
The station building survives but is no longer used by the railway.
The station retains two platforms as it is a passing place on the single line between Dorchester West and Yeovil Pen Mill. The entrance is on the northbound platform, the side closest to the village. Access to the southbound platform is normally by the footbridge but there is a level crossing at the south end of the station for passengers who are unable to use the bridge.
The electric key token instrument for the block section to Yeovil are now operated by the train crew under the supervision of the signal operator based at Yeovil Pen Mill.[citation needed] The block section to Dorchester West is operated under the "tokenless single line" principle with track circuiting.
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