Williton railway station

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Williton

Location

Place

Williton

Local authority

West Somerset, Somerset

Operations

Managed by

West Somerset Railway

Platforms in use

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

124,532

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Williton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Williton railway station is a station on the West Somerset Railway, a heritage railway in Somerset, United Kingdom. It is situated in the village of Williton.

Williton Station

The station is an example of a Bristol and Exeter Railway station, little altered since opening and retaining a number of features including its Italianate chimney. An original Bristol and Exeter Railway signal box, believed to be the only one surviving, guards the railway crossing - openly spaced due to the original installation of broad gauge in 1862.

The Old Goods Shed is an original Brunel designed Bristol and Exeter shed. It was the original West Somerset Railway base for the Diesel and Electric Preservation Group [1], who since construction of their own modern maintenance shed, have converted the Old Goods Shed to a Heritage Visitors Centre.

Williton is also the location of the West Somerset Railway Association Williton Works, where major restoration of steam locomotives and other heritage railway vehicles are undertaken. The Swindon Shed was donated by Tarmac Ltd after preservation from Swindon Railway works.

Adjacent to the station is a box hedge garden which is over 100 years old. A view of the garden can be witnessed from the platform opposite the signal box.