Glastonbury and Street railway station
| Glastonbury and Street | |
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Glastonbury and Street station photographed in June 1979. It had been closed to passengers since 1966. | |
| Location | |
| Place | Glastonbury |
| Area | Mendip |
| Grid reference | ST491389 |
| Operations | |
| Pre-grouping | Somerset Central Railway |
| Post-grouping |
SR and LMS Western Region of British Railways |
| Platforms | 3 |
| History | |
| 28 August 1854 | Opened (Glastonbury) |
| July 1886 | Renamed (Glastonbury and Street) |
| 7 March 1966 | Closed |
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Glastonbury and Street railway station was the biggest station on the original Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway main line from Highbridge to Evercreech Junction until closed in 1966 under the Beeching axe. It was the junction for the short branch line to Wells which closed in 1951.
Opened in 1854 as Glastonbury, and renamed in 1886, it had three platforms, two for Evercreech to Highbridge services and one for the branch service to Wells. The station had a large goods yard controlled from a signal box.[1]
The site today
The site is now a timber yard for a local company. Replica level crossing gates have been placed at the entrance.[2] The former railway station canopy is now used as a shelter in the market area car park in Glastonbury.[3]
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| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| West Pennard Line and station closed |
Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway LSWR & Midland Railways Highbridge Branch & Bridgewater Branch |
Ashcott Line and station closed | ||
| Polsham Line and station closed |
Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway LSWR & Midland Railways Wells Branch |
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Coordinates: 51°08′52″N 2°43′46″W / 51.1479°N 2.7295°W