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Today the residual station buildings are private homes, with the former station track bed forming their gardens. The former goods yard is a small Station remains
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Part one of "Branch Line Railway" on YouTube
showing the station as filmed in 1962. * https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03495yn/lets-imagine-a-branch-line-railway-with-john-betjeman {{coord, 51.1272, -2.5168, type:railwaystation_region:GB, display=title Former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway stations Rail junctions in England Disused railway stations in Somerset Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1862 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1966 Beeching closures in England 1862 establishments in England Mendip District
Evercreech Junction was a railway station at 
The junction itself was to the north of the station, where there were also marshalling yards. Branch trains to and from Burnham and Highbridge started and finished at Evercreech in latter years. To the south of the station a level crossing carried the main A371 road across the line.
In 1963 the station featured in "Branch Line Railway", a
documentary on the Joint Railway presented by Evercreech
Evercreech is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish south east of Shepton Mallet, and north east of Castle Cary, in the Mendip District, Mendip district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Stoney Stratton and ...
on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, also known as the S&D, SDJR or S&DJR, was an English railway line connecting Bath (in north-east Somerset) and Bournemouth (now in south-east Dorset but then in Hampshire), with a branch from Evercreec ...
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Originally opened in 1862 as "Evercreech" on the original S&D line from Burnham-on-Sea to Broadstone, it became in 1874 the junction for the northwards extension towards Bath that bankrupted the company. A station opened on the Bath extension more than a mile to the north of Evercreech Junction, much nearer to the village of Evercreech, was called Evercreech Village, and later Evercreech New.
The junction itself was to the north of the station, where there were also marshalling yards. Branch trains to and from Burnham and Highbridge started and finished at Evercreech in latter years. To the south of the station a level crossing carried the main A371 road across the line.
In 1963 the station featured in "Branch Line Railway", a BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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...John Betjeman
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. However, it was closed three years later along with the whole line as part of the Beeching axe
The Beeching cuts (also Beeching Axe) was a plan to increase the efficiency of the nationalised railway system in Great Britain. The plan was outlined in two reports: ''The Reshaping of British Railways'' (1963) and ''The Development of the ...
. The station inn was renamed ''The Silent Whistle'' on the closure of the line.
Today the residual station buildings are private homes, with the former station track bed forming their gardens. The former goods yard is a small industrial estate
An industrial park (also known as industrial estate, trading estate) is an area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial development. An industrial park can be thought of as a more "heavyweight" version of a business park or office park, ...
, while the station hotel was renamed again as ''The Natterjack'' in the 1970s./ref>
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070518103155/http://www.sdjr.net/locations/evercreech.htmlPart one of "Branch Line Railway" on YouTube
showing the station as filmed in 1962. * https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03495yn/lets-imagine-a-branch-line-railway-with-john-betjeman {{coord, 51.1272, -2.5168, type:railwaystation_region:GB, display=title Former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway stations Rail junctions in England Disused railway stations in Somerset Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1862 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1966 Beeching closures in England 1862 establishments in England Mendip District