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7 April 1859
- The railway's engineer, George Furness of London, started construction on 7 April 1859 at Crowcombe and construction lasted for nearly three years.
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It originally opened in 1862 between Taunton and Watchet. In 1874 it was extended from Watchet to Minehead by the Minehead Railway. Although just a single line, improvements were needed in the first half of the twentieth century to accommodate the significant number of tourists that wished to travel to the Somerset coast.
The West Somerset was extended to Minehead in 1874 by a nominally separate company (the Minehead Railway) although in practice all the operations were run from the start by the Bristol and Exeter. It was constructed throughout to the broad gauge of 7 feet and a quarter inch but was converted to 4 feet 8 and a half in 1882.
The West Somerset Railway Company was incorporated on 17th August 1857 by way of Act of Parliament 20 & 21 Vic Cap CXLV, and authorised to raise £120,000 to build a "14 mile 22 chain Railway 2 miles West of Taunton to Watchet" in 3 years.
back home that evening. The new line was leased to the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company who ran the trains. The first timetable shows just four trains each way, taking 50 minutes from Taunton to Watchet. At first there were no Sunday trains but these were introduced from May, 1862.
The West Somerset Railway. The heritage railway of today usually runs from Bishops Lydeard to Minehead, but is connected to the main Bristol to Exeter line at Norton Fitzwarren. However, until services were discontinued in 1971, the railway's branch line trains always began at Taunton.
The West Somerset Railway has a fascinating history that dates back to the mid-19th century. Originally opened in 1862, it served as a vital transportation link for the local communities, connecting the coastal town of Minehead to the rest of the country.
The railway has its origin in two earlier lines: the West Somerset Railway built from Taunton to Watchet in 1859-1862 and the Minehead railway built from 1871, both operated at that time in conjunction with the Bristol and Exeter Railway, which completed its main line between those two cities in 1845.
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