- Wells (Priory Road) railway station
Infobox UK disused station
name = Wells Priory Road
gridref = ST545453
caption = Priory Road Station c1963
manager =Somerset Central Railway
GWR
owner = GWR
Western Region of British Railways
locale =Wells
borough =Mendip
platforms = 1
years =15 March 1859
events = Opened (Wells)
years2 = October 1883
events2 = Renamed (Wells Priory Road)
years3 =29 October 1951
events3 = ClosedWells (Priory Road) was a railway station on the
Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway atWells in the county ofSomerset inEngland . Opening on15 March 1859 as Wells, on theSomerset Central Railway , at that time a broad-gauge line operated by theBristol and Exeter Railway , it was the terminus of the branch from Glastonbury.The
East Somerset Railway , an offshoot of theGreat Western Railway -ownedWilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway , extended its line to Wells in 1862 with its own station to the east of Priory Road. Then in 1870, theBristol and Exeter Railway 'sCheddar Valley Railway from Yatton reached Wells with a third terminus station at Tucker Street to the north west of Priory Road. Finally, in 1878, with all three lines by this time converted to standard gauge, the GWR linked the Cheddar Valley line to the East Somerset line by running over a stretch of the Somerset and Dorset line, including through Priory Road station. The East Somerset station closed on the commencement of through-running, but the through trains did not stop at Priory Road until 1934 and for 56 years passengers from, say, Glastonbury to Cheddar would need to change stations in Wells.Priory Road adopted the full name in October 1883, and the Cheddar Valley line station was renamed as Tucker Street in 1920.
Priory Road station consisted of one platform with a station building and an overall roof. The adjacent goods yard and junction with the GWR were controlled from a
signal box . The station closed to passengers on29 October 1951 and thetrain shed roof was taken down soon after, although passenger traffic on the former GWR line through the station continued until 1963, with goods traffic until 1969.###@@@KEYEND@@@###
References
http://www.sdjr.net/locations/wells.html
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