The Yeovil–Taunton line was a railway line in England, built by the Bristol and Exeter Railway (B&ER) to connect its main line with the market town of...
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Reading–Taunton line, with this route providing the only direct route to destinations west of Exeter since 2009. However, the West of England line is still...
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Castle Cary to Taunton. This route shared some of the route of the Yeovil–Taunton line west of Langport, but joined the existing main line further south...
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England. It shares the Wessex Main Line as far as Westbury and then follows the course of the Reading to Taunton Line as far as Castle Cary. The cities...
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of Taunton. The population of the built-up area – which includes the outlying areas of the town in the parishes of West Coker, Brympton and Yeovil Without...
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Taunton. At Durston the former Yeovil branch line joins from the left. A short cutting brings the line to Cogload Junction; the line towards Taunton climbs...
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history of the Taunton-Yeovil train line". Chard and Ilminster News. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2016. Maggs, Colin G (1991). Taunton Steam. Bath:...
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Exeter Railway's (B&ER) line from Taunton, which initially terminated at Yeovil Hendford, was extended to connect with the GWR at Yeovil Pen Mill from 2 February...
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Charton Mackrell on 20 May 1906. The route followed part of the Yeovil to Taunton Line – which was rebuilt with a second track and at a higher level to...
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Stoford; although Yeovil is in Somerset, the station was in Dorset until 1991. It is located 122 miles 48 chains (197.3 km) down the line from London Waterloo...
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situated on the edge of the Somerset Levels, 7 miles (11.3 km) north-west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. The parish includes Hurst, approximately...
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Yeovil Town was a railway station that served the town of Yeovil in Somerset, England. The station was a stop on the Yeovil to Taunton Line and also had...
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Night Riviera (section Taunton sleeping car fire)
Exeter St Davids via Yeovil Pen Mill, Yeovil Junction and Honiton, not calling at Taunton and reversing at Exeter. After Taunton it continues to Exeter...
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The Buses of Somerset (redirect from Buses of Taunton)
(seasonal) CR4 Yeovil to Blandford Forum Taunton town services 1 Taunton Parade to Wellsprings and Priorswood 1E Silk Mills to Wellsprings via Taunton Parade...
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Taunton (/ˈtɔːntən/) is the county town of Somerset, England. It is a market town and has a minster church. Its population in 2011 was 64,621. Its thousand-year...
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to Weymouth. The Wessex Main Line intersects the Reading to Taunton Line at Westbury and the West of England Main Line at Salisbury. The stations served...
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running off across the moors towards Athelney. A branch line, the Chard branch, from Taunton to Chard Central was opened on 19 July 1860. The junction...
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Beverley rail line". York Press. Retrieved 5 January 2018. "East Riding Council takes first step to reopening York to Beverley railway line". The Yorkshire...
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Wincanton Yeovil The electoral wards included: Camelot and Wessex. A30 A37 A303 A357 Bruton (Heart of Wessex Line and Reading to Taunton Line), Great Western...
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the Salisbury to Exeter main line, and the other, opened in 1866, ran south-eastwards from the Bristol – Taunton main line. Each branch had its own Chard...
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station is on the Reading to Taunton line 115.25 miles (185.48 km) south west of London Paddington and the Bristol to Weymouth line 47.75 miles (77 km) south...
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557), the largest settlements are Weston-super-Mare (82,418), Taunton (60,479), and Yeovil (49,698). Wells (12,000) is a city, the second-smallest by population...
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day as the GWR line from Frome to Yeovil. The West Somerset Railway was authorised in 1857 to make a line from the B&ER west of Taunton to Watchet, where...
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between Taunton and Nuneaton, via Swindon and Oxford. In March 2019, the company announced new proposals for services from Taunton and Yeovil to Swindon...
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Creech St Michael (redirect from Charlton, Taunton Deane)
Michael is a village and civil parish in Somerset, three miles east of Taunton. The parish straddles the M5 motorway and includes several scattered settlements...
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miles (2.4 km) long branch line which loops off the main line railway, which carries services on both the Reading to Taunton line and Bristol to Weymouth...
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It followed part of a branch line from Yeovil towards Taunton; the relevant section was upgraded to double track main line standards, and in an area where...
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station is on the Reading to Taunton railway line and is 46 miles 59 chains (46.74 miles, 75.22 km) from London Paddington. The line from Reading to Hungerford...
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Bradfords Group (category Companies based in Yeovil)
In 1853 the Great Western Railway line was opened from Taunton to Yeovil, and Jabez Bradford started the Yeovil branch of the business. GWR came to...
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met the Castle Cary cut-off line from Yeovil, Reading and London Paddington), for the 7 miles (11 km) south through Taunton to Norton Fitzwarren. The existing...
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