Wiveliscombe railway station

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Wiveliscombe railway station served the town of Wiveliscombe in Somerset. It was on the Devon and Somerset Railway that ran between Taunton and Barnstaple. The Devon and Somerset was operated by the Bristol and Exeter Railway and was taken over with the B&E by the Great Western Railway.

The section of the line between Norton Fitzwarren and Wiveliscombe opened on 8 June 1871 with Milverton as the only intervening station. The line was extended westwards to Barnstaple on 1 November 1873.

Wiveliscombe station, east of the town on a section of line that ran north-south, was one of the larger stations on the line and had a crossing loop and two platforms. The station had a signalbox on the up platform by the main building and a goods yard to the north of the station.

Goods traffic was withdrawn from Wiveliscombe in 1964 and the station closed to passenger traffic with the closure of the Devon and Somerset line on 3 October 1966. The main station building remains in use as part of an industrial estate that has built up on the site.