Taunton railway station
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| Place | Taunton | ||
| Local authority | Taunton Deane | ||
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| Station code | TAU | ||
| Managed by | First Great Western | ||
| Platforms in use | 5 | ||
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| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 ** | 0.837 million | ||
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Taunton railway station serves Taunton in Somerset, England. The station is operated by First Great Western and is sited about a mile from the centre of Taunton along the Great Western Main Line.
Originally opened in July 1842 as part of the Bristol and Exeter Railway it provided the first railway link between Taunton and London, and two years later on to Exeter, numerous small branch lines, now mostly closed, made Taunton a railway hub.
The original railway buildings were simple with a pair of station platforms both placed on the south side of the line and a hotel between them and the Grand Western Canal. They were rebuilt in 1868 to use a more conventional layout as the original Brunel-designed layout meant to help passengers change train was found to be problematic.
Today the main station survives intact although the yards and locomotive depot around it are disused and have either been demolished or are derelict. Car parking is now provided alongside the station and buses link the station with the town and the surrounding area. For a long period the central platforms were also unused but increasing railway traffic has led to their re-opening although most of the original features had previously been demolished.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Taunton railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of Taunton railway station from Multimap.com
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Castle Cary* | First Great Western Berks and Hants Line |
Tiverton Parkway | ||
| Bridgwater | First Great Western Bristol-Taunton line |
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| Reading | First Great Western Night Riviera |
Exeter St Davids | ||
| Bristol Temple Meads or Weston-Super-Mare * |
Virgin Trains Cross-Country Route |
Tiverton Parkway | ||
 Heritage railways |
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| Terminus | West Somerset Railway (special operations only) |
(Norton Fitzwarren) | ||
| * Not all trains call at this station | ||||
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| Bristol-Taunton line / Great Western Main Line |
Taunton • Bridgwater • Highbridge and Burnham • Weston-super-Mare • Weston Milton • Worle • Yatton • Nailsea and Backwell • Parson Street • Bedminster • Bristol Temple Meads • Keynsham • Oldfield Park • Bath Spa |
| Wessex Main Line: | Bristol Temple Meads • Keynsham • Oldfield Park • Bath Spa • Freshford • Avoncliff • Bradford on Avon • Trowbridge |
| Severn Beach Line | Bristol Temple Meads • Lawrence Hill • Stapleton Road • Montpelier • Redland • Clifton Down • Sea Mills • Shirehampton • Avonmouth • St Andrews Road • Severn Beach |
| Bristol to Cardiff | Bristol Temple Meads • Lawrence Hill • Stapleton Road • Filton Abbey Wood • Bristol Parkway • Patchway • Pilning • Severn Tunnel Junction • Newport • Cardiff Central |
| Bristol to Cheltenham | Bristol Temple Meads • Lawrence Hill • Stapleton Road • Filton Abbey Wood • Bristol Parkway • Yate • Cam and Dursley • Gloucester • Cheltenham Spa |
