Mendip Vale railway station

Mendip Vale
Location
Place Doulting
Area Somerset
Grid reference ST637424
Operations
Operated by East Somerset Railway
Platforms 1
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Mendip Vale is the western terminus of the East Somerset Railway.

Services

All trains terminate at Mendip Vale, with a 5-10 minute wait while the engine runs round to change ends.

Facilities

Visitors are encouraged to leave the train and watch the engine run round. A footpath has been constructed between the platform and Maesdown Road, to allow public access to the station.[1]

Mendip Vale the nearest station to the city of Wells which is cut off from the rest of the UK by the Beeching Axe.

References

External links

Preceding station   Heritage railways Following station
Terminus   East Somerset Railway   Merryfield Lane

Coordinates: 51°10′48″N 2°31′12″W / 51.180°N 2.520°W / 51.180; -2.520

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