Chard Junction railway station was situated on the London and South Western Railway’s West of England Main Line about 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of the village of Tatworth in Somerset, England. It was the junction of a short branch line to Chard. It was opened in 1860 as Chard Road, and closed in 1966. An adjacent milk depot was served by its own sidings from 1937 to 1980. Chard Junction signal box remained open to control Station Road level crossing and a passing loop on the long section of single track railway between Yeovil Junction and Pinhoe until March 2021, when control was passed to Basingstoke.
A 1912 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (centre) railways in the vicinity of Chard Junction (lower centre)
Although no longer a station nor a junction, the name Chard Junction is still in use to refer to the scattered houses and industrial buildings in the vicinity of the station site, on both sides of the border between Somerset and Dorset.[1]
Chard Central railwaystation was the principal railwaystation in Chard, Somerset, England. It was opened in 1866 and closed in 1962, during which time...
opened on 8 May 1863. The Chardstation was at the junction of East Street and Victoria Road. It may have been called Chard Town from the start. The line...
junctionstation were closed on 7 March 1966 by the Western Region of British Railways. George Evans 1868 - 1879 (afterwards station master at Chard)...
signalling panel at ChardJunction signal box and completed that December with a 3-mile (4.8 km) passing loop incorporating the station tracks. This allowed...
since been shortened to just 16.8 miles (27.0 km) between Yeovil Junction and ChardJunction, where there is a loop, followed by more single track to east...
Taunton railwaystation is a junctionstation on the route from London to Penzance, 163 miles 12 chains (263 km) west of London Paddington station, measured...
Reshaping of British Railways report of 1963. The most recent closure was Tiverton Junction, which was replaced by a new station at Tiverton Parkway on...
ran from Yeovil Junction to Yeovil Town station; Chard; the branch opened on 8 May 1863, from Chard Road (later ChardJunction) to Chard Town; Lyme Regis;...
was on the opposite side of the tracks. On 11 June 1967 the line from ChardJunction to Pinhoe was reduced to a single track but a loop line was retained...
axle-box covers. Given the TOPS code TRV, they operated on the short-lived ChardJunction to Stowmarket service for less than a year. After the contract was cancelled...
accept a horse omnibus connection from a remote station on the main line; later, some of them—Yeovil, Chard, Lyme Regis, Seaton, Sidmouth and Exmouth—gained...
Valleys Railway Clifton Extension Railway Easton and Church Hope Railway Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway – including the Banbury Junction Railway...
(34 km) to ChardJunction was reduced to single track, but this proved a mistake and the double track was restored as far as Yeovil Junction on 1 October...
Axminster, afterwards station master at Barnstaple Junction) William John Brown 1916 - 1926 (formerly station master at Chard) Frederick Henry Brazier...
Railway line was opened through the village in 1842 and the junction of the Chard Branch Line was located here in 1860, but Creech St Michael railway...
the stations under the Nagpur CR division and their station category. Stations closed for Passengers - 23 numbers Kesla, Polapathar, Magardoh, Chard cabin...
1988, the town now lies just east of the junction of the A303 (London to Exeter) and the A358 (Taunton to Chard and Axminster). The parish includes the...
Wessex Line), Great Western RailwayChard branch line, former Great Western Railway line between Chard and Taunton Yeovil Railway Centre County schools (those...
Dorset Railway. The junction with the GWR was never built, and the entire line had abandoned any allegiance to the B&ER. The Chard and Taunton Railway obtained...
railway stations in Britain History of rail transport in Great Britain Beeching cuts Morrison, Brian (ed.). "The Meldon Quarry Branch". Modern Railways Pictorial...
England, 9 miles (14 km) southwest of Yeovil and 7 miles (11 km) east of Chard. The civil parish of West Crewkerne includes the hamlets of Coombe, Woolminstone...
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