The view from Carhampton Road showing Blue Anchor Station and signal box on the West Somerset Railway

Date:
13 Apr 1998 - 15 Apr 1998
Location:
Blue Anchor Station, Blue Anchor Bay Road, Carhampton, Blue Anchor, West Somerset, Somerset
Reference:
EHC01/314/26/34
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The station opened in 1874 and is part of the West Somerset Heritage Railway. The line stretches for nearly 23 miles through Somerset and is the longest standard gauge heritage railway in the United Kingdom. British Rail closed the line in 1971 and in 1976 it was re-opened as a heritage line.

Content

This is part of the Series: EHC01/314 Heritage Protection Thematic Survey of Railway Architecture; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Robertson, Martin: English Heritage

Keywords

Victorian Railway Station, Victorian Signal Box