Chilcompton railway station

Chilcompton railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway at Chilcompton in the county of Somerset in England and opened on 20 July 1874. Originally the station consisted of a single platform on the Down side with a station building and possibly also a siding. In 1876 a loop and second platform were opened on the Up side, controlled from a 16-lever signal-box on the Down platform, which also controlled access to the goods yard. The line to Binegar was doubled in 1885. In 1886 the line to Midsomer Norton and Radstock was doubled and a replacement 13 lever signal box provided just beyond the Binegar end of the Up platform. The station closed to goods in 1964 and the signal-box closed in 1965; passenger services were withdrawn when the SDJR closed on 7 March 1966.

Chilcompton
Down S&D express approaching Chilcompton in 1959
General information
LocationChilcompton, Mendip
England
Grid referenceST645514
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingSomerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Post-groupingSR and LMSR
Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
20 July 1874Opened
7 March 1966Closed

The site today

As of 2020, The station is currently overgrown and partly fenced off in a transport yard.[1] The line south from Midsomer Norton South 72 chains (1,400 m) has been rebuilt by the Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust, whose aim is to restore a further stretch of the line as far as Chilcompton itself.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Binegar
Line and station closed		   Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
LSWR & Midland Railways		   Midsomer Norton South
Line and station closed

Further reading
  • R.V.J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1

References
  1. "S&DJR - Chilcompton (Station plans)". Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2008.

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