Draycott railway station
Draycott | |
|---|---|
 The remains of the station in 1995 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Draycott, Somerset England |
| Grid reference | ST474506 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Bristol and Exeter Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 5 April 1870 | Opened |
| 9 September 1963 | Closed[1] |
Draycott railway station was a station on the Bristol and Exeter Railway's Cheddar Valley line in Draycott, Somerset.
The station was opened with the extension of the broad gauge line from Cheddar to Wells in April 1870, converted to standard gauge in the mid-1870s and then linked up to the East Somerset Railway to provide through services from Yatton to Witham in 1878. All the railways involved were absorbed into the Great Western Railway in the 1870s.
The Yatton to Witham line closed to passengers in 1963, though goods traffic passed through to Cheddar until 1969. Draycott station, one of the smaller stations on the line, is now in residential use and still boasts many of the original Bristol and Exeter Railway features.
Services
[edit]| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheddar | Great Western Railway Cheddar Valley Railway |
Lodge Hill |
References
[edit]- ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
- Oakley, Mike (October 2002). Somerset Railway Stations. Wimborne: Dovecote Press. p. 52. ISBN 1-904349-09-9.
51°15′10″N 2°45′17″W / 51.25279°N 2.754661°W
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