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Yeovil Junction railway station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yeovil Junction railway station is on the West of England Main Line from London Waterloo to Exeter. Yeovil Junction is one of two stations serving Yeovil. There is still a junction of tracks at this point, enabling trains to be switched onto the Heart of Wessex Line from Castle Cary to Weymouth (which also has a station at Yeovil Pen Mill). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yeovil_Junction   (291 words)

Yeovil Junction Yeovil Junction in 1983 and a stranger to the line 6L unit number 1014 is seen on excursion duty with the SEG/RCTS Devonian DEMU Railtour in 1983. Of these stations only the town station was close to the main centre, the junction station being some two miles out of town at the end of a country lane. Between 1907 and 1909 the junction station was extensively rebuilt, again with two island platforms but with four tracks between them, the centre pair being through tracks for non stopping services. www.semg.org.uk /location/yeo1.html   (499 words)

Salisbury to Exeter Stations (Page 1) Under the original singling work this station was the limit of the double-track from Templecombe, the line onwards to Chard Junction being singled on 7-May-1967 using the former Up line. A new connection at the east end of the station from the single line to the line at the rear of the platform allowed the north face of that platform to be restored to passenger use as a bay line. In 1983 the station was re-opened to passenger traffic, largely as the result of much pressure and work by a local group which continues to support the station. www.trainweb.org /railwest/railco/sr/se67-stn1.html   (1606 words)

Stoford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It houses Yeovil Junction railway station, which runs on the London-Plymouth line. Stoford is a small village which runs into the other small village of Barwick just outside of Yeovil, Somerset, England. www.encyclopedia-online.info /Stoford   (66 words)

yeovilrailway Yeovil Railway Centre opens regularly during the spring and summer and for Santa Specials at Christmas, and offers steam and diesel train rides on its 1/4 mile track. www.country-breaks.com /yeovilrailway.htm   (28 words)

East Somerset NHS Trust Getting There Information Yeovil Hospital is located in the centre of hospital with pedestrian underpass access from the town centre. The main roads, A30 and A 37 meet at the Yeovil Roundabout adjacent to the hospital. Vehicular access is via Higher Kingston off Reckleford (A30) The public car park is located on the left within 150m of the junction with Reckleford. www.nhs.uk /england/authoritiestrusts/acute/gettingthere.aspx?id=RA4   (208 words)

Encyclopedia entries starting with LON London Bridge station is a railway station in central London (in the London Borough of Southwark), occupying a large area on two levels, immediately south-east of London Bridge. And for the nearby railway station, see London Bridge railway station London Bridge is a bridge over the River Thames, between the City of London and Southwark. It was a joint venture between the London and Blackwall Railway and the Eastern Counties Railway t.. encycl.opentopia.com /L/LO/LON   (10263 words)

ANGLICAN - Online Information article about ANGLICAN sphere of the chief railways of England and Wales. history and development of railways in England, their birthplace, and in Ireland and Scotland, with illustrative statistics, are considered under the heading UNITED KINGDOM. December 1907 there were 1736 Roman Catholic churches and stations, and the number of the clergy was returned at 3524 (see ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH). encyclopedia.jrank.org /ANC_APO/ANGLICAN.html   (3295 words)

South Somerset District Council, Museums and Heritage Services This had to be disassembled, crated, and conveyed by horse-drawn vehicle to Yeovil Junction railway station, and placed on a freight train to Short Brothers, where it was re-assembled and tested. Adjoining farmland, which had once formed part of Hendford's medieval open-field system of agriculture, but now divided into smaller units with hedges and ditches, was owned by Yeovil and District Hospital Board. Sufficient was acquired, levelled, and made into an adequate take off and landing area, but this took time and it was not until their first three contracts had been fulfilled that the first test-flight from it was made in the Spring of 1917. www.southsomersetmuseums.org.uk /monographs/monograph02.htm   (1388 words)

Gillingham The typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to London Waterloo and one train per hour to Yeovil Junction, with some trains extended to Exeter St Davids or Plymouth. Gillingham (Dorset) railway station is on the West of England Main Line in Dorset, between Tisbury and Templecombe. The town is on the Exeter to London railway line, and 4 miles away from the A303, the main London to south-west England road. www.frozenup.com /pages9/36/gillingham.html   (1130 words)

Railway Stations starting with Y Here is a list of railway stations starting with the letter Y. Simply click on a railway station name to display the list of nearby hotels or click on another letter. en-nav.besthotels.com /rail/alpha/list-alphay_3.html   (87 words)

Award for railway station - This Is The West Country archive YEOVIL Junction Railway Station has steamed in to scoop a top prize in South West Trains' Station Pride Awards for 2003. Teamwork was paramount to the success of Yeovil Junction and even Network Rail employees and the manager of the station's buffet could regularly be relied on to lend a hand. Yeovil MP David Laws was at the station last Friday to meet staff after it scooped the Best Medium Station category in South West Trains' awards archive.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk /2003/11/27/23530.html   (287 words)

Adoption and fostering on the internet, child profiles, bulletins, adoption news Mayor Ian Martin was on the platform to greet them as the train pulled into Yeovil Junction Station. The pair, who have been friends since their schooldays, wrote to Yeovil Town Council saying they were coming back to the town from Surrey and the councillors decided to welcome them in style. Back for another look at the station yesterday, Mr Durrant said: "The journey took eight hours - you must remember it was six days after D-Day and there were still an awful lot of troop movements." When they arrived there were dozens of locals waiting to welcome them into their homes. www.adoption-net.co.uk /news/2004/July/160704evacuee.htm   (378 words)

Somerset Towns, Villages & History :: somerset4u/wikipedia Yeovil is a town in south Somerset, England, on the A37. Bridgwater is located on the major communication routes through South West England, between two junctions of the M5 motorway and on the edge of the Somerset Levels. At the time of the Norman invasion the Hundred covered a large area corresponding, today, roughly to a north-south corridor along the M5 motorway from Junction 25 near Taunton, to north of Junction 23 at Stretcholt, and east-west from Athelney to Goathurst. www.somerset4u.com /history/somerset4u_BriefHistory.htm   (4690 words)

Evacuees return to Yeovil - 60 years on - This Is The West Country archive TWO evacuees returned to the platform of Yeovil Junction Railway Station on Tuesday - 60 years after they were evacuated to the town from war-torn Surrey in 1944. The Mayor, Cllr Ian Martin, who met them at Yeovil Junction, said: "I consider it an honour and a privilege to welcome Peter and Sheila back to Yeovil and to receive their thanks on behalf of the townspeople of Yeovil. Mr Durrant, who is now 73 and a Freeman of the City of London, said: "We received incredible kindness from the people of Yeovil. archive.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk /2004/07/15/14362.html   (228 words)

BRH: Border Line The GWR station was built three quarters of a mile south of the LandSWR line, and people transferring between the two needed to be fond of hills. From time to time, there are murmurings about the possibility of reopening the station at Oakley, to serve the growing settlement there; the station buildings are still standing on the up side, and a remnant of the platform is in place on the down side. At Overton, this was the spur for a complete reconstruction of the station, in which the substantial building on the down platform was demolished, creating extra space in the station car park. web.ukonline.co.uk /cj.tolley/cjt-brhs.htm   (1282 words)

About Yeovil Town Just two small objects from the Neolithic period are all that have been found from that era in the Yeovil area - a leaf-shaped arrowhead and part of a polished stone axehead. This is believed to be a section of the great prehistoric highway, known as the ‘Harroway’ or ‘Hoarway’, stretching from Kent to Cornwall and certainly an arterial way of the Bronze Age. It was then stated that a human skeleton had been found in a sitting position in a stone vault cut into solid rock and covered with a rough stone slab. www.yeoviltown.com /Static/About_Yeovil/history/prehistory.asp?PanelFlags=110   (326 words)

Railway Collectors' Journal reporting Railwayana Auctions Belvedere is an ex SECR station on the Gravesend to London route, close to the Thames Estuary. Totally ex station condition with slide-in vessel and burner and all three windows although the opening window/door is cracked. The Dearne Valley Railway ran from the East Coast Main Line south of Doncaster to the Hull and Barnsley near Cudworth and the LYR line to Wakefield and served numerous Yorkshire collieries including Grimethorpe. www.prorail.co.uk /auctions/kra/kid0505s.htm   (19495 words)

Templecombe Junction Railway The Templecombe Junction Railway (TJR) was the link line which connected together the separate lines of the London and South Western Railway (LandSWR) and Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (SandDJR) at Templecombe railway station in Somerset. The first railway station at Templecombe was opened in 1860 by the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway (SandYR), when their single-track line from Salisbury to Gillingham was extended westward to Yeovil. Eventually the ex-DCR station was closed to passengers altogether and in 1886 the connections at No 1 Junction were removed, after the old 'lower road' became a dead-end accessible only from No 3 Junction and used purely for access to the SandDJR goods and loco yards. www.trainweb.org /railwest/railco/sdjr/tjr.html   (1578 words)

Hamworthy Junction, History. HW Goods Past & Present Workings. the section from Hamworthy Junction towards Lytchett level crossing at Upton was used as storage sidings serving Hamworthy Junction station until complete removal of the sidings and associated pointwork and crossings in 1972. The section of line from Brockenhurst to Poole Junction was known as `Castleman's Corkscrew' due to the involvement of Mr Castleman (A prominent figure in Wimborne.) and the lines numerous curves. The expanse of wild grassy moorland and marsh behind the Junction Hotel was originally named `Turling Moor' This area is now known as `Turlin Moor' and is covered by a housing estate, with a few shops, a Post Office, Two schools, A community centre, A sports center and playing fields. members.fortunecity.com /ozz_scott/hwj.html   (1379 words)

iRail : Railway and Model Railway Web Directory, Search Engine and Links The West Somerset Railway Association is the principal volunteer support organisation that works with the West Somerset Railway plc in keeping the memory of steam alive on the former Great Western Railway branch line between Bishops Lydeard and Minehead. A preseved steam railway in the Mendip hills of Somerset. The Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust is dedicated to all matters relating to the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway and its associated undertakings. www.irail.co.uk /web_directory/preservation/heritage_railways/england/somerset   (280 words)

Yeovil Pen Mill railway station Yeovil Pen Mill railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town of Yeovil in Somerset. The station is located on the Castle Cary-Weymouth "Heart of Wessex" line. Services originate from either Westbury or Bristol Temple Meads. www.worldhistory.com /wiki/Y/Yeovil-Pen-Mill-railway-station.htm   (143 words)

Hotels in Yeovil: Hotel and Guest Houses in the UK Many of the guesthouses and hotels in Yeovil have created their own website, but if not, we have provided them with one, which gives you ample opportunity to see for yourself the value and quality on offer from hotels in Yeovil. Ratings for quality and value are currently held by many of the guesthouses and hotels in Yeovil, which means that you can rest assured that great attention is being paid to the provision of good standards of accommodation, as well as a warm welcome. Yeovil Showground and the Barbarian Rugby club are close by. www.hotels.uk.com /accommodation/hotels-accommodation-uk/Yeovil/hotels_in_Yeovil.htm   (1451 words)

Yeovil The ground is around five miles north west of Yeovil Junction station - which serves London - this station is to the south of the town centre. The 3-3 scoreline at the WMS was on the face of it hard to stomach, but no-one doubted that Yeovil were worth their replay at least. Amongst attractions in the area is the quirky Montacute TV and Radio Memorabilia Museum, in the village of the same name west of Yeovil, off the A3088. www.btinternet.com /~duffnort/Yeovil.htm   (1743 words)

West Somerset Railway LATEST NEWS The Railway has lost several long-serving people to the great waiting room in the sky in the last year or two, and I believe our lost friends will be looking down with broad smiles on the success of their "baby", now at the very top of the heritage railway league. Among the routine responsibilities of the Friends of Minehead Station is the upkeep of the land between the line and the boundary fence from the station buildings as far as the level crossing at Seaward Way. This proved to be a turning point for signalling on the railway as it was then seen that signalling on the WSR was a requirement if the railway was to expand. homepage.ntlworld.com /edgefamily/WSR/news03_a.htm   (6470 words)

Somerset train stations west-country somerset The station is approximately five miles from the centre of Yeovil. Previously known as Tiverton Junction, the station is located 20 miles from the centre of Tiverton. The station is situated nine miles from the centre of Glastonbury. www.totaltravel.co.uk /travel/west-country/somerset/guide/stations-taunton-somerset   (443 words)

Sect bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon Yeovil Junction railway station is on the line from London, Waterloo to Exeter. In the Cthulhu Mythos of H. Lovecraft's short stories the yellow sign is the sign of Hastur, the King in Yellow, and is used by members of Hastur's cult to identify each other. www.elexi.de /en/s/se/sect.html   (429 words)

Axminster Also in 1903 Axminster became a junction station with the opening of the branch, built under light railway regulations, to Lyme Regis. The track runs roughly north-east to south-west and is level through the station, but there are gradients of 1 in 255 up in the Yeovil direction and 1 in 240 down in the Exeter direction. At the time the station opened it served only a small population of 3000. www.semg.org.uk /location/axmin.html   (445 words)

Manchester Oxford Road station The original station had become dilapidated by the 1950s and was rebuilt in a distinctive style in concrete and wood with curves bringing to mind the Sydney Opera House UKrailwaystations The station is not actually in Oxford Road but slightly to the north of that thoroughfare, just off (or rather above) Oxford Street, on an elevated track between Deansgate G-MEX station and Manchester Piccadilly station stations. Use of the station increased with the construction of the Windsor Link between Deansgate and Salford Crescent station, linking the lines to the North and South of Manchester. read-and-go.hopto.org /British-railway-stations/Manchester-Oxford-Road-station.html   (149 words)

Railway train services to Melksham Station, Wiltshire The railway through MelkSham was built by the Great Western Railway - one of the first branches off the main LonDon to BriStol route, turning off at ThingLey junction and passing through WestBury and Yeovil on its way to Dorchester and WeyMouth. Melksham station is served by ten passenger trains every day from Monday to Friday, 8 on Saturday and 6 on Sunday. If you're attending a WellHouse Consultants course, we'll collect you from the station on the first morning of your course, and return you there after lessons conclude on the final day. www.wellho.net /share/melkshamtrain.html   (299 words)

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