Glastonbury_&_Street_railway_station

Glastonbury and Street railway station

Glastonbury and Street railway station

Former railway station

Glastonbury and Street railway station was the biggest station on the original Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway main line from Highbridge to Evercreech Junction until closed in 1966 under the Beeching axe. It was the junction for the short branch line to Wells which closed in 1951.

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Opened in 1854 as Glastonbury, and renamed in 1886, it had three platforms, two for Evercreech to Highbridge services and one for the branch service to Wells. The station had a large goods yard controlled from a signal box.[1]

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The site today

As seen in 2018

The site is now used by a timber merchant and for storage. Replica level crossing gates have been placed at the entrance.[2] The former railway station canopy is now used as a shelter in the market area car park in Glastonbury.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "S & D - Glastonbury on sdjr.net". Archived from the original on 6 May 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
  2. [2]
    The Somerset & Dorset after closure - Glastonbury on Nevard.com Archived 16 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    Glastonbury Conservation Society Archived 16 September 2005 at the Wayback Machine
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