Evercreech Junction railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Evercreech Junction
gridref = ST639366


caption = Derelict station in September 1972
manager = Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
owner = LMS / Southern Railway
Western Region of British Railways
locale = Evercreech
borough = Mendip, Somerset
platforms = 2
years = 3 February 1862
events = Opened as "Evercreech"
years2 = 20 July 1874
events2 = Renamed "Evercreech Junction"
years3 = 29 November 1965
events3 = Closed to goods
years4 = 7 March 1966
events4 = Closed to passengers

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. A station opened on the Bath extension more than a mile to the north of Evercreech Junction, much nearer to the village of Evercreech, was called Evercreech Village, and later Evercreech New.

The junction itself was to the north of the station, where there were also marshalling yards. Branch trains to and from Burnham and Highbridge started and finished at Evercreech in latter years. To the south of the station a level crossing carried the main A371 road across the line.

The station was closed in 1966 with the closure of the whole line as part of the Beeching axe. The station inn was renamed as The Silent Whistle on the closure of the line.

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External links

* http://www.sdjr.net/locations/evercreech.html