Mendip Vale railway station

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Mendip Vale
Station on heritage railway
Mendip Vale Station.jpg
General information
Location Doulting, Somerset
England
Coordinates 51°10′48″N2°31′12″W / 51.180°N 2.520°W / 51.180; -2.520
Grid reference ST637424
Operated by East Somerset Railway
Platforms1
Location
Mendip Vale railway station

Mendip Vale is the western terminus of the East Somerset Railway.

Contents

Services

All trains terminate at Mendip Vale, with a 5-10 minute wait while the engine runs round to change ends.

Facilities

Visitors are encouraged to leave the train and watch the engine run round. A footpath has been constructed between the platform and Maesdown Road, to allow public access to the station. [1]

Mendip Vale the nearest station to the city of Wells which is cut off from the rest of the UK by the Beeching Axe. Shunting the engine - geograph.org.uk - 107049.jpg
Mendip Vale the nearest station to the city of Wells which is cut off from the rest of the UK by the Beeching Axe.

References

Preceding station HR icon.svg Heritage railways Following station
Terminus East Somerset Railway Merryfield Lane
towards Cranmore