Glastonbury and Street railway station
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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.
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Glastonbury and Street | |
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General information | |
Location | Glastonbury, Mendip England |
Grid reference | ST491389 |
Platforms | 3 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Pre-grouping | Somerset Central Railway |
Post-grouping | SR and LMS Western Region of British Railways |
Key dates | |
28 August 1854 | Opened (Glastonbury) |
July 1886 | Renamed (Glastonbury and Street) |
7 March 1966 | Closed |
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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]