West Pennard
General information
LocationWest Pennard, Mendip
England
Grid referenceST568395
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingSomerset Central Railway
Post-groupingSR and LMS
Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
3 February 1862Opened
7 March 1966Closed

West Pennard railway station was a station on the Highbridge branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. Opened on 3 February 1862, it was reduced to halt status on 25 June 1962. Originally the S&DJR main line, the railway was reduced to branch status when the extension to Bath was built. A passing point on the single line, the station was adjacent to a level crossing on the A361 road from Shepton Mallet to Glastonbury. The station closed with the railway on 7 March 1966.[1]

The site today

The station building has not changed much since closure and is owned by a transport company and used as a house.[2]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Pylle
Line and station closed
  Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
LSWR and Midland Railways
  Glastonbury and Street
Line and station closed

Reading

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

References

51°09′14″N 2°37′14″W / 51.1538°N 2.6206°W / 51.1538; -2.6206

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