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West Pennard railway station

1862 establishments in EnglandBeeching closures in EnglandDisused railway stations in SomersetFormer Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway stationsPages with no open date in Infobox station
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1966Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1862Use British English from March 2017

West Pennard railway station was a station on the Highbridge branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. Opened on 3 February 1862, it was reduced to halt status on 25 June 1962. Originally the S&DJR main line, the railway was reduced to branch status when the extension to Bath was built. A passing point on the single line, the station was adjacent to a level crossing on the A361 road from Shepton Mallet to Glastonbury. The station closed with the railway on 7 March 1966.

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West Pennard railway station
A361, Mendip

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