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Yeovil Pen Mill railway station c1964
This photo was identified originally as a photo of the two platform Yeovil Pen Mill station taken circa 1964. Yeovil Pen Mill railway station is one of two stations serving the town of Yeovil, Somerset, about 1 mile east of the town centre. It is currently situated on the Heart of Wessex Line.
Yeovil Pen Mill opened in 1854 by the Great Western Railway as part of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth line.
Plenty of lines, sidings, buildings, bridge and rolling stock here. I guess this used to be a rather busy place?
I've seen an old photo of Yeovil Junction and its layout seemed rather alike... but I might be wrong.
Photo © The Step Back Through Time Collection
Picture added on 08 November 2009
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Step back through Time, trains and stations
Step back through Time, trains and stations
Looks very Yeovil Pen Mill to me, the Single track on the left with 2 platform faces are very rare. Yeovil Pen Mill has a platform with 2 faces.
Added by Tim on 19 August 2010
Yeovil. There was also Yeovil Town station, used by the Southern Region, which also appeared to have a track with two platform faces. A splendid shot of the site, taken by Ben Brookswbank, now appears on the Geograph site: www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2030322
The scene was one of dereliction by 1972 and the station and locosheds have since been demolished to make way for Yeo Country Park, including a cinema
The scene was one of dereliction by 1972 and the station and locosheds have since been demolished to make way for Yeo Country Park, including a cinema
Added by Martin Bodman on 29 August 2010
England
www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1569212
Yeovil Junction is not dissimilar - it has a central island platform, with sidings on the south side