West Pennard railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = West Pennard
gridref = ST568395


caption =
manager = Somerset Central Railway
owner = SR and LMS
Southern Region of British Railways
locale = West Pennard
borough = Mendip
platforms = 2
years = 3 February 1862
events = Opened
years1 = 7 March 1966
events1 = Closed

West Pennard railway station was a station on the Highbridge branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. Opened on 3 February 1862, it was reduced to halt status on 25 June 1962. Originally the S&DJR main line, the railway was reduced to branch status when the extension to Bath was built. A passing point on the single line, the station was adjacent to a level crossing on the A37 road from Shepton Mallet to Glastonbury. The station closed with the railway on 7 March 1966. [ [http://www.sdjr.net/sd_desc3.html The Somerset & Dorset Railway - Burnham Branch ] ]

The Site Today

The station building has not changed much since closure and is owned by a transport company and used as a house. [ [http://www.nevard.com/sdjr/westpennard.htm The Somerset & Dorset - After Closure - West Pennard ] ]

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Reading

*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1

References

*http://www.sdjr.net/locations/west_pennard.html