Evercreech New railway station
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Evercreech New, originally called "Evercreech Village", was a railway station at Evercreech
on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
.
The station opened in 1874 with the completion of the extension of the S&D from the nearby Evercreech Junction
to Bath
. It closed in March 1966 when the line was shut as part of the Beeching axe
.
Evercreech
Evercreech is a village and civil parish south east of Shepton Mallet, and north east of Castle Cary, in the Mendip district of Somerset, England...
on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway – almost always referred to as "the S&D" – was an English railway line connecting Bath in north east Somerset and Bournemouth now in south east Dorset but then in Hampshire...
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The station opened in 1874 with the completion of the extension of the S&D from the nearby Evercreech Junction
Evercreech Junction railway station
Evercreech Junction was a railway station at Evercreech on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.Originally opened in 1862 as "Evercreech" on the original S&D line from Burnham-on-Sea to Broadstone, it became in 1874 the junction for the northwards extension towards Bath that bankrupted the company...
to Bath
Bath Green Park railway station
Green Park railway station is a former railway station in Bath, Somerset, England. For some of its life, it was known as Bath Queen Square.-Architecture and opening:...
. It closed in March 1966 when the line was shut as part of the Beeching axe
Beeching Axe
The Beeching Axe or the Beeching Cuts are informal names for the British Government's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system in the United Kingdom. The name is that of the main author of The Reshaping of British Railways, Dr Richard...
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External links
- http://www.sdjr.net/locations/evercreech_new.html
- Station on navigable O.S. map