West Pennard | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | West Pennard, Mendip |
Country: | England |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | 2 |
Pregroup: | Somerset Central Railway |
Postgroup: | SR and LMS Western Region of British Railways |
Years: | 3 February 1862 |
Events: | Opened |
Years1: | 7 March 1966 |
Events1: | Closed |
West Pennard railway station was a station on the Highbridge branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. Opened on 3 February 1862, it was reduced to halt status on 25 June 1962. Originally the S&DJR main line, the railway was reduced to branch status when the extension to Bath was built. A passing point on the single line, the station was adjacent to a level crossing on the A361 road from Shepton Mallet to Glastonbury. The station closed with the railway on 7 March 1966.[1]
The station building has not changed much since closure and is owned by a transport company and used as a house.[2]