Witham (Somerset) railway station
Witham (Somerset) | |
|---|---|
_Station,_with_a_train_for_Yatton_geograph-2545301-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg) Train waiting in the Down Bay in 1958 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Witham Friary England |
| Platforms | 3+Bay Platform |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 September 1856 | Opened |
| 9 June 1958 | Renamed Witham (Somerset) |
| 3 October 1966 | Closed[1] |
- This station in Somerset is closed. For the open station in East Anglia, see Witham railway station.
Witham (Somerset) railway station was a station serving the Somerset village of Witham Friary and was located on the Frome to Yeovil section of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway that opened in 1856.[2]
In 1858, the East Somerset Railway opened a branch line from Witham first to Shepton Mallet and then, in 1862, to Wells; in 1870, this line linked up to the Bristol and Exeter Railway branch from Yatton to Wells, the Cheddar Valley line, and through services began. All of these railways were allied to, and were eventually subsumed within, the Great Western Railway. The Westbury, Wiltshire to Castle Cary section of the WS&WR also later formed part of the GWR's new express route to South-West England, avoiding Swindon, Bath and Bristol, that opened in 1906.
Witham station was known as "Witham" for most of its life, but was renamed "Witham (Somerset)" under
Passenger services on the Yatton to Witham line through
The junction at Witham remains and has been heavily used for freight trains carrying stone from
Today, the
References
- ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
- ISBN 978-1-904349-09-9
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