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Wells (Priory Road) railway station

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to the north west of Priory Road. Finally, in 1878, with all three lines by this time converted to standard gauge, the GWR linked the Cheddar Valley line to the East Somerset line by running over a stretch of the Somerset and Dorset line, including through Priory Road station. The East Somerset
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roof was taken down soon after, although passenger traffic on the former GWR line through the station continued until 1963, with goods traffic until 1969. The station was demolished after closure and the site is now occupied by the city centre by-pass road.
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station closed on the commencement of through-running, but the through trains did not stop at Priory Road until 1934 and for 56 years passengers from, say, Glastonbury to Cheddar would need to change stations in Wells.
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Priory Road station consisted of one platform with a station building and an overall roof. The adjacent goods yard and junction with the GWR were controlled from a
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Priory Road adopted the full name in October 1883, and the Cheddar Valley line station was renamed as Tucker Street in 1920.
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Wells railway station (disambiguation)

Wells
Mendip
Grid reference
ST545452
Somerset Central Railway
Great Western Railway
Western Region of British Railways
Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Wells
Somerset
England
Somerset Central Railway
Bristol and Exeter Railway
Glastonbury
East Somerset Railway
Great Western Railway
Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway
Bristol and Exeter Railway
Cheddar Valley Railway
Yatton
Tucker Street
signal box
train shed
Polsham
Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
LSWR
Midland Railways
Wells (Tucker Street)

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