Chilcompton railway station

Chilcompton
Down S&D express approaching Chilcompton in 1959
General information
Location	Chilcompton, Mendip England
Grid reference	ST645514
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Post-grouping	SR and LMSR Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
20 July 1874	Opened
7 March 1966	Closed

Chilcompton railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway at Chilcompton in the county of Somerset in England and opened on 20 July 1874. Originally the station consisted of a single platform on the Down side with a station building and possibly also a siding. In 1876 a loop and second platform were opened on the Up side, controlled from a 16-lever signal-box on the Down platform, which also controlled access to the goods yard. The line to Binegar was doubled in 1885. In 1886 the line to Midsomer Norton and Radstock was doubled and a replacement 13 lever signal box provided just beyond the Binegar end of the Up platform. The station closed to goods in 1964 and the signal-box closed in 1965; passenger services were withdrawn when the SDJR closed on 7 March 1966.

The site today

As of 2020, The station is currently overgrown and partly fenced off in a transport yard. The line south from Midsomer Norton South 72 chains (1,400 m) has been rebuilt by the Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust, whose aim is to restore a further stretch of the line as far as Chilcompton itself.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Binegar Line and station closed		Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway LSWR & Midland Railways		Midsomer Norton South Line and station closed

Further reading

• R.V.J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1

External links

• http://www.sdjrchilcompton.co.uk/
• Chilcompton station on navigable 1946 O. S. map