Polsham railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Polsham
gridref = ST517428


caption =
manager = Somerset Central Railway
owner = SR and LMS
Southern Region of British Railways
locale = Polsham
borough = Mendip
platforms = 1
years = December 1861
events = Opened (Polsham)
years1 = July 1938
events1 = Renamed (Polsham Halt)
years2 = 29 October 1951
events2 = Closed

Polsham was a railway station on the Somerset and Dorset Railway in the village of Polsham, Somerset in England. 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. The adjacent level crossing was controlled from a signal box. Downgraded to a halt in 1938, the station closed with the Wells branch in 1951.

The Site Today

The site is now a private house but the platform survives. [http://www.nevard.com/sdjr/polsham.htm]

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References

http://www.sdjr.net/locations/polsham.html