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Langport East railway station

Coordinates: 51°02′28″N 2°49′32″W / 51.0410°N 2.8255°W / 51.0410; -2.8255
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Langport East
A Class 43 passing the site of the station
General information
LocationLangport, Somerset, South Somerset
England
Coordinates51°02′28″N 2°49′32″W / 51.0410°N 2.8255°W / 51.0410; -2.8255
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
2 July 1906Opened
10 Sept 1962Closed for passengers

Langport East was a railway station situated in Langport in Somerset. The station also served Huish Episcopi.

The station was on the Langport and Castle Cary Railway of the Great Western Railway. While it closed in 1962,[1] the line itself is still in use as part of the Reading to Taunton line.[2]

Services

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Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Long Sutton and Pitney   Langport and Castle Cary Railway
(Great Western Railway)
  Athelney

References

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  1. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 257. OCLC 931112387.
  2. ^ Oakley, Mike (2006). Somerset Railway Stations. Bristol: Redcliffe Press. ISBN 1-904537-54-5.