Williton railway station

Williton railway station in Williton, Somerset, England, was opened by the West Somerset Railway in 1862 and closed by British Rail in 1971. It was reopened in 1976 as a heritage line. The locomotive workshops here are the headquarters of the Diesel and Electric Preservation Group .

The station opened on 31 March 1862 when the West Somerset Railway started operations between Norton Junction and Watchet. A virtual copy of Bishops Lydeard, it consisted of a single platform on the down-side of trains travelling towards Watchet. With the extension of the West Somerset Railway from Watchet to Minehead, a loop became necessary at a mid-way point on the line. Hence in 1874 a second broad gauge track and associated platform was opened, allowing trains to pass within the station. To enable this, a new road bridge was built at the south end of the station before the loop was opened, but the level crossing next to the platform was left in place.

More information

Comments Statistics

| | Public