Somerset Stations Gallery

Montacute Station, Somerset, 1962

Unfortunately there is no caption on the back of this photograph taken of Montacute Station in 1962. We can only assume that some kind of maintenance is taking place on the line towards Yeovil, judging by the row of workers standing in the middle of the track. Just beyond the station building and signal box, a wagon stands waiting in the sidings alongside the cattle pens and small goods office

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Yeovil Town Station, Somerset, c.1950s

A bustling scene at Yeovil Town Station taken in the late 1950's. The chimneys of the large station building can be seen above the platform canopy, and the passenger footbridge which straddled the tracks is visible at the far end of the three platforms. When it first opened in June 1861, the jointly owned station was served by four signal boxes, two station masters houses and two station masters whose joint cooperation must have been essential for the smooth running of the line.
The station closed to passengers in October 1966

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Blue Anchor Station and Signal Box, Somerset

A view of Blue Anchor Station in Somerset, showing the Blue Anchor Signal Box on the right and the level crossing next to it which controlled the road traffic to the seafront.
The station opened in July 1874 and closed to passengers in January 1971. In 1976 Blue Anchor station became part of the West Somerset Railway, a preserved line

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