Yeo Mill railway station

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Yeo Mill Halt was a small railway station in Devon to the west of Dulverton. It was on the Devon and Somerset Railway that ran between Taunton and Barnstaple. The Devon and Somerset was originally 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 Wiveliscombe and Barnstaple opened on 1 November 1873. Yeo Mill station was a late addition to the line, opening on 27 June 1932 at a time when the Great Western was opening a lot of small stations to try to counter the effects of competition from road transport. Yeo Mill was on a single track part of the line and had a single platform on the up side of the line (towards Taunton). The station platform was built out of timber and had a small wooden shelter.

Never staffed or offering goods services, Yeo Mill was run from East Anstey railway station 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the east. It closed to passenger traffic with the closure of the Devon and Somerset line on 3 October 1966. The station has now been demolished.