West Pennard railway station

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West Pennard
General information
Location West Pennard, Somerset
England
Grid reference ST568395
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-grouping Somerset Central Railway
Post-grouping SR and LMS
Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
3 February 1862Opened
7 March 1966Closed

West Pennard railway station was a station on the Highbridge branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. Opened on 3 February 1862, it was reduced to halt status on 25 June 1962. Originally the S&DJR main line, the railway was reduced to branch status when the extension to Bath was built. A passing point on the single line, the station was adjacent to a level crossing on the A361 road from Shepton Mallet to Glastonbury. The station closed with the railway on 7 March 1966. [1]

Contents

The site today

The station building has not changed much since closure and is owned by a transport company and used as a house. [2]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Pylle
Line and station closed
  Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
LSWR and Midland Railways
  Glastonbury and Street
Line and station closed

Reading

References

51°09′14″N2°37′14″W / 51.1538°N 2.6206°W / 51.1538; -2.6206