Minehead

Location type

Station

Names and dates

Minehead (1874-1971)
Minehead (1976-)

Station code: MHD National Rail
Opened on the Minehead Railway.

Local

West Somerset Railway

Tags

Station preserved terminus



Chronology Dates

  /  /1934Minehead Railway West Somerset Railway
Dunster to Minehead doubled, tablet exchangers installed.
  /  /1962Minehead Railway
Butlin holiday camp opened at Minehead.
  /  /1966Minehead Railway West Somerset Railway
Dunster to Minehead double track operated as two one engine in steam branches, Minehead signal box closed.
28/03/1976Minehead Railway
Minehead to Blue Anchor re-opened as the West Somerset Railway [Preserved] .

News items

22/04/2019Heritage railway fully re-opened after closure [BBC News]
02/08/2012Railway book shop at Minehead station raises £150,000 [BBC News]