Yeovil Town railway station

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Yeovil Town
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Yeovil Town in 1964
General information
Location Yeovil, Somerset
England
Platforms4
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Bristol and Exeter Railway
Pre-groupingGWR/LSWR Joint
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 June 1861Station opens
3 October 1966Closed for passenger traffic
3 March 1967Station closes [1]
This date stone is all that remains of Yeovil's most central railway station Yeovil Town date stone.jpg
This date stone is all that remains of Yeovil's most central railway station

Yeovil Town railway station was a railway station serving the town of Yeovil in Somerset, England. The station was on the Yeovil to Taunton Line and also had shuttle services to Pen Mill and Yeovil Junction stations. The station opened on 1 June 1861, replacing an earlier Yeovil Hendford railway station when the line was extended. [1] It closed to passenger traffic on 3 October 1966, [2] but freight and parcels traffic continued to use the station until 3 March 1967, when these services were also withdrawn.

Contents

The site today

After closure, the station was demolished and the site was cleared to serve as a car and coach park. A cinema and leisure complex has also been built on part of the site.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Hendford Halt   Great Western Railway
Yeovil to Taunton Line
  Yeovil Junction or
Yeovil Pen Mill
Shuttle Service

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References

  1. 1 2 Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd
  2. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 470. OCLC   931112387.

Further reading

Coordinates: 50°56′25.7″N2°37′30.3″W / 50.940472°N 2.625083°W / 50.940472; -2.625083