Polsham railway station
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Polsham | |||
| Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Polsham | ||
| Area | Mendip | ||
| Grid reference | ST517428 | ||
| Operations | |||
| Pre-grouping | Somerset Central Railway | ||
| Post-grouping | SR and LMS Southern Region of British Railways |
||
| Platforms | 1 | ||
| History | |||
| December 1861 | Opened (Polsham) | ||
| July 1938 | Renamed (Polsham Halt) | ||
| 29 October 1951 | Closed | ||
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |||
|
Closed railway stations in Britain |
|||
|
|||
Polsham was a railway station on the Somerset and Dorset Railway in the village of Polsham, Somerset in England. Opening in December 1861 on the Somerset Central Railway, which was at that time worked by the Bristol and Exeter Railway, it was the only intermediate station on the short branch from Glastonbury to Wells (Priory Road) railway station, which had opened in 1859. The station consisted of one short platform with a station building. The adjacent level crossing was controlled from a signal box. Downgraded to a halt in 1938, the station closed with the Wells branch in 1951.
[edit] The Site Today
The site is now a private house but the platform survives.[1]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glastonbury and Street Line and station closed |
Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway LSWR & Midland Railways |
Wells Line and station closed |
||
