Place Glastonbury Grid reference ST491389 Platforms in use 3 | Area Mendip 28 August 1854 Opened (Glastonbury) | |
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Pre-grouping Somerset Central Railway Post-grouping SR and LMS
Western Region of British Railways Similar Polsham railway station, Wells (Priory Road) rail, Wells (Tucker Street) rai, Bawdrip Halt railway st, Shepton Mallet (Charlton | ||
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.
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.
The site today
The site is now a timber yard for a local company. Replica level crossing gates have been placed at the entrance. The former railway station canopy is now used as a shelter in the market area car park in Glastonbury.
References
Glastonbury and Street railway station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA