Yeovil Town | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Yeovil, Somerset |
Country: | England |
Platforms: | 4 |
Original: | Bristol and Exeter Railway |
Pregroup: | GWR/LSWR Joint |
Postgroup: | Great Western Railway |
Years: | 1 June 1861 |
Events: | Station opens |
Years1: | 3 October 1966 |
Events1: | Closed for passenger traffic |
Years2: | 3 March 1967 |
Events2: | Station closes [1] |
Yeovil Town was a railway station that served the town of Yeovil in Somerset, England.
The station was a stop on the Yeovil to Taunton Line and also had shuttle services to Pen Mill and Yeovil Junction stations. The station opened on 1 June 1861, replacing an earlier Yeovil Hendford railway station when the line was extended. It closed to passenger traffic on 3 October 1966,[2] but freight and parcels traffic continued to use the station until 3 March 1967, when these services were also withdrawn.
After closure, the station was demolished and the site was cleared to serve as a car and coach park. A cinema and leisure complex has also been built on part of the site.