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2 unusual facts about West Somerset Railway


Taunton railway station

It is also served by CrossCountry trains and by the West Somerset Railway on special event days and by mainline steam excursions.

These were the Yeovil branch line (1 October 1853); the West Somerset Railway to Watchet (31 March 1862); the Chard Branch Line (11 September 1866); and the Devon and Somerset Railway (8 June 1871, extended to Barnstaple 1 November 1873).



see also

Crowcombe Heathfield railway station

The Land Girls (1997) was filmed on the West Somerset Railway and Crowcombe Heathfield featured as Bamford station.