Yeovil Town
Yeovil Town in 1964
General information
LocationYeovil, Somerset
England
Platforms4
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBristol and Exeter Railway
Pre-groupingGWR/LSWR Joint
Post-groupingGreat 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 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1966,[2] but freight and parcels traffic continued to use the station until 3 March 1967, when these services were also withdrawn.

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

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

  • Robert Adley (1988). Covering My Tracks. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 0-85059-882-6

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