Yeovil Town railway station

Former railway station in Somerset, England

Yeovil Town
Yeovil Town in 1964
General information
Location	Yeovil, Somerset England
Platforms	4
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Bristol and Exeter Railway
Pre-grouping	GWR/LSWR Joint
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 June 1861	Station opens
3 October 1966	Closed for passenger traffic
3 March 1967	Station closes ^[1]

Yeovil Town was a railway station that served the town of Yeovil in Somerset, England.

History

The station was a stop on the Yeovil to Taunton Line and also had shuttle services to Pen Mill and Yeovil Junction stations. The station opened on 1 June 1861, replacing an earlier Yeovil Hendford railway station when the line was extended.^[1] It closed to passenger traffic on 3 October 1966,^[2] but freight and parcels traffic continued to use the station until 3 March 1967, when these services were also withdrawn.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Hendford Halt		Great Western Railway Yeovil to Taunton Line		Yeovil Junction or Yeovil Pen Mill Shuttle Service

The site today

After closure, the station was demolished and the site was cleared to serve as a car and coach park. A cinema and leisure complex has also been built on part of the site.

References

^ ^a ^b Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd
^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 470. OCLC 931112387.