Polsham railway station

Polsham was a railway station on the Somerset and Dorset Railway in the village of Polsham, Somerset in England.

Polsham
The site of the station in 1979
Location
PlacePolsham
AreaMendip
Grid referenceST517428
Operations
Pre-groupingSomerset Central Railway
Post-groupingSR and LMS
Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms1
History
December 1861Opened (Polsham)
July 1938Renamed (Polsham Halt)
29 October 1951Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

Opening in December 1861 on the Somerset Central Railway, which was at that time worked by the Bristol and Exeter Railway, it was the only intermediate station on the short branch from Glastonbury to Wells (Priory Road) railway station, which had opened in 1859. The station consisted of one short platform with a station building, with a single siding for freight. In 1950 unloading of wagons was effected by opening the side door and allowing this to rest on the adjacent fence. A lorry was then driven through an orchard to receive the goods.[1] The siding and the adjacent level crossing were controlled from a small covered ground-frame.

Polsham was downgraded to a halt in 1938, with tickets being sold by the train guard. Only a year before closure, six of the seven different types of ticket that were issued by the guard for travel from Polsham were still marked as being issued by the "Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Committee",[1] an illustration of the poor usage of the line. The station closed with the Wells branch in 1951.

The site today

The site is now a private house but the platform survives.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Glastonbury and Street
Line and station closed		   Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
LSWR and Midland Railways		   Wells Priory Road
Line and station closed

References
  1. Farr, Michael (October–December 1989). "Slow & Dirty". Steam Days. Weybridge: Ian Allan Ltd (15): 26–29. ISSN 0269-0020.

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