Cranmore railway station

Cranmore
Locomotive 30075 pulls into Cranmore station
Location
Place	Cranmore
Area	Somerset
Grid reference	ST666429
Operations
Original company	East Somerset Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Operated by	East Somerset Railway
Platforms	1
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Platform view

Cranmore is the main railway station (and also, the headquarters) of the preserved East Somerset Railway, in Somerset, England.

Services

Various services are provided throughout the year, mainly in the Summer months to all stations to Mendip Vale and occasionally, specials are run to Westbury. ^[1] The station was built to serve the village of Cranmore.

Facilities

The station buildings contain a ticket office, museum and waiting room.

As the main station and home of the East Somerset Railway, Cranmore station also provides several facilities for visitors:

Car parking
Children's play area
Picnic area
Restaurant
Toilets
Shop
Art gallery

There is disabled access to the platforms available.

Platform 2 rebuild?

During the stations heyday, Cranmore was originally had 2 platforms, but with closure in the 60's, the site became derelict and platform 2 was demolished and was not rebuilt as part of the ESR's restoration at the time.

However, with preserved traffic increasing, (and as platform 1 is sometimes overcrowded during special events), the ESR does aim to rebuild the long-demolished platform (2) within the near future, (to reduce congestion and relieve for Cranmore station respectively).