Pylle_railway_station

Pylle railway station

Pylle railway station

Former railway station in England

Not to be confused with Pyle railway station.

Pylle railway station was a station on the Highbridge branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. Opened 3 February 1862 on the original S&DJR main line, the railway was reduced to branch status when the extension from Evercreech Junction to Bath was opened. It was built with a passing loop on the single line however the loop was removed in 1929 at the same time as the signal box.[1] It was reduced to halt status on 4 November 1957 and closed with the railway, on 7 March 1966.[2]

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Reading

  • R.V.J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
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References

  1. [1]
    The Somerset and Dorset Then and Now by Mac Hawkins page 179
  2. [2]
    Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 355. OCLC 931112387.

51.1477°N 2.5470°W / 51.1477; -2.5470
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