Charlton Mackrell railway station was a minor railway station serving the village of

Charlton Mackrell Charlton Mackrell is a village in civil parish of The Charltons, in the county of Somerset, England, situated east of Somerton in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 1,020. The parish consists of two villages, Charlton ...

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, England, from 1905 until 1962.

History

The station was on the

Langport and Castle Cary Railway The Langport and Castle Cary Railway is a railway line from Castle Cary railway station to Cogload Junction near Taunton, Somerset, England, which reduced the length of the journey from London to Penzance by . History Through trains from Lond ...

of the Great Western Railway, and was a temporary terminus station for the railway (serving trains from Castle Cary) before it was finished in 1906. The station master's house is still in use as private property. Though the station closed along with the rest of the stops between Castle Cary and

Cogload Junction Cogload Junction is a railway junction in Durston, Somerset, England. It is where the 1906-opened London to Penzance Line via Castle Cary joins the original line that runs via Bristol Temple Meads. A flyover was constructed in 1931 convert ...

in 1962, the line itself is still in use as part of the

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Services

References

Disused railway stations in Somerset Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1905 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1962 Former Great Western Railway stations {{Somerset-struct-stub