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| name = Taunton |
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| image_name = Taunton station.jpg |
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| locale = [[Taunton]] |
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| borough = [[Taunton Deane]], [[Somerset]] |
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| code = TAU |
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| manager = [[First Great Western]] |
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| platforms = 6 |
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| latitude = 51.0228 |
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| longitude = -3.1035 |
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| usage0203 = 0.768 |
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| usage0405 = 0.837 |
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| usage0506 = 0.903 |
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| usage0607 = 0.951 |
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| original = [[Bristol and Exeter Railway]] |
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| pregroup = [[Great Western Railway]] |
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| postgroup = [[Great Western Railway]] |
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| years = 1842 |
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| events = Brunel station opened |
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| years1 = 1868 |
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| events1 = Rebuilt in conventional form |
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| years2 = 1932 |
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| events2 = Rebuilt with four tracks |
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'''Taunton railway station''' is a junction station on the [[London to Penzance Line]], {{convert|143|mi|km}} from [[London Paddington station]].<ref name=GBTT135>{{cite web |title = National Rail Timetable 135 (Winter 2007)|publisher= Network Rail|url = http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/eNRT/Dec07/timetables/Table135.pdf|format=[[PDF]]}}</ref> It is situated in [[Taunton]], [[Somerset]], [[England]] and is operated by [[First Great Western]] but also served by [[CrossCountry]] trains. |
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Originally opened on 1 July 1842 as part of the [[Bristol and Exeter Railway]], Taunton was the terminus of the line until a new temporary terminus was opened on 1 May 1843 further west at [[Beambridge railway station|Beambridge]].<ref name=MacD>{{cite book| last = MacDermot| first = E T| title = History of the Great Western Railway, volume II 1863-1921| publisher = [[Great Western Railway]]| date = 1931| location = London}}</ref> |
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[[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]]'s original design was for a [[single-sided station]] with two platforms, each with their own buildings and [[train shed]]s, placed on the south side of the line. An hotel was built between them and the [[Grand Western Canal]].<ref name=BGS>{{cite book | last = Broad Gauge Society | title = Taunton in the 1880s | publisher = Broad Gauge Society | date = 2001}}</ref> Having both platforms on the town side of the line was meant to help passengers but was found to be problematic as the railway became busier, with each train having to cross the line used by trains in the opposite direction. An [[engine shed]] was provided at the west end of the station. |
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A series of branches opened in the area during the next thirty years. While none of them had a junction in Taunton, the trains were generally run through to Taunton to provide connections. These were the [[Yeovil branch]] line (1 October 1853); the [[West Somerset Railway]] to [[Watchet railway station|Watchet]] (31 March 1862); the [[Chard branch]] (11 September 1866); and the [[Devon and Somerset Railway]] (8 June 1871, extended to [[Barnstaple Victoria Road railway station|Barnstaple]] 1 November 1873).<ref name=MacD/> |
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The station was unable to cope with all these extra trains and passengers so a major rebuilding was completed on 17 August 1868.<ref name=BGS/> The "up station" at the east end was demolished and replaced by more conventional platform on the north side of the line; the "down station" was extended onto the site now vacated, and a new single {{convert|200|ft|m}} train shed was provided covering the whole station. Goods traffic was moved away from the passenger platforms by the opening on 1 November 1896 of a pair of avoiding lines that skirted around the south side of the station behind the old hotel. A larger [[engine shed]] was opened in the same year.<ref name=Maggs>{{cite book | last = Maggs | first = Colin G | title = Taunton Steam | publisher = Millstream Books | date = 1991 | location = Bath | id = ISBN 0 948975 26 1}}</ref> |
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The platforms were extended again in 1895. Now covering the whole length of the original single-sided station, they were the longest platforms on the [[Great Western Railway]] which had [[Consolidation (business)|amalgamated]] with the Bristol and Exeter company on [[1 January]] [[1876]]. New bay platforms were added to handle the trains from the branch lines. |
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In the 1930s the lines through Taunton from [[Cogload Junction]] to [[Norton Fitzwarren railway station|Norton Fitzwarren]] were widened from two to four tracks; those east of Taunton were brought into use on 13 December 1931 and those to the west on 14 February 1932.<ref>{{cite book | last = Cooke | first = RA | title = Track Layout Diagrams of the GWR and BR WR, Section 16: West Somerset | publisher = RA Cooke | date = 1979 | location = Harwell }}</ref> This work forced another rebuilding of the station. The train shed was dismantled and new buildings constructed on the up (north) side along with a new island platform in the middle of the station.<ref name=Maggs/> This gave a platform face for each of the four through lines, which were brought into use on 7 February 1932. Work included a new subway that replaced the old footbridge, and a new booking office at road level on the north side of the station. The old [[goods shed]] was replaced by a two-storey goods warehouse next to the avoiding line, east of the station on 20 February 1932. |
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[[Image:Taunton railway station platform Oct 1969.jpg|right|thumb|Taunton in 1970.]] |
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The goods depot closed for general traffic in 1965, although bulk coal was handled until 1972. The engine shed closed on 1 January 1972 by which time it only served as a fueling point for local diesel shunting locomotives. The various branch lines closed during the 1960s and 1970s so only one bay platform was retained for local trains starting towards [[Bristol Temple Meads railway station|Bristol]], and even the island platform was taken out of regular use for a few years, although it could be opened up in an emergency but it had no platform numbers nor a lift. This has now been reversed, the platforms being reopened in 2000<ref>{{cite book | last = Oakley | first = Mike | title = Somerset Railway Stations | publisher = Redcliffe Press | date = 2006 | location = Bristol| id = ISBN 1-90453-754-5}}</ref> and a new lift installed in 2007 to replace an electric "stair lift" which could carry one seated person at a time but no luggage. A west-facing bay platform has also been reinstated for passeneger use, although there are no regular trains timetabled to use it. |
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Today the original "down station" building survives, along with the hotel and the extensions added in 1868. An examination of the brickwork on the south-side building reveals where the footbridge was removed in favour of the present subway. On the north side, the ticket office dates from 1983 but the remaining buildings generally date from the 1932 rebuilding and stand on foundations from 1868. The goods warehouse is largely derelict and most of the engine shed has been razed to the ground except for an asbestos-clad repair shop built in 1932 and the ramp that used to serve an elevated coaling stage. The engine sidings are still used by engineers' plant machines; [[Freightliner UK|Freightliner]] locomotives are generally stabled at Fairwater Yard but occasionally use the old engine shed sidings for additional storage space. The avoiding line is truncated but serves as a headshunt for the long engineers trains using Fairwater Yard. |
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== Description== |
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{{BS3|STR|DST|||'''[[Taunton railway station|Fairwater Yard]]'''}} |
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{{BS3|LUECKE||||[[Tiverton Parkway railway station|To Tiverton Parkway]]}} |
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[[Image:Taunton station Pumpkin.jpg|thumb|left|The buffet on Platform 5]] |
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The station is situated on an embankment and a bridge above road level. The ticket office is at ground level on the north side although the town centre lies to the south of the station, about {{convert|1|mi|km}}away. There is a car park on both sides of the station and bus services to the town centre call at a bus stop in front of the ticket office; those from the town call at a stop on the main road that passes beneath the station. |
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The [[Railway platform|platform]] above the ticket office is Platform 5, which is the main platform used by trains towards [[London Paddington station|London Paddington]] and also [[Bristol Temple Meads railway station|Bristol]] and the north. The station buffet is situated on this platform. An east-facing bay platform, Platform 6, is beyond this; it only sees occasional use nowadays, mainly being used for local trains towards Bristol. |
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In the centre of the station is an island platform. The face on the north side is Platform 4 which can be used by similar trains to Platform 5. The face on the south side is Platform 3, which is used as an extra platform for services towards [[Exeter St Davids railway station|Exeter]] but is mainly used for terminating services from the Bristol direction that can also start back from this platform. |
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The southerly platform is Platform 2 and is the main platform for services to Exeter and beyond. Trains can also start from this platform towards London and Bristol if required. At the north end is the bus shelter for rail-link buses to [[Minehead]] and [[Ilfracombe]]. It has level access from a second car park. |
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At the west end of this platform is another bay platform, Platform 1. While this is signalled for passenger trains it is not generally used for these. Behind this are some sidings used by the engineers department for stabling on-track plant, and the disused [[engine shed]]. The line behind this is the headshunt for [[#Fairwater Yard|Fairwater Yard]]. |
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Terminating trains from [[Bristol Temple Meads railway station|Bristol]] that need to cross to Platform 2 or 3 have to run forward towards Fairwater and then return to the station once the driver has changed ends. To reach Platform 6 they have to make this move and then run right through the station, the driver change ends, and then reverse into Platform 6. First Great Western have proposed<ref>{{cite web| title =Network Rail Business Plan 2007: Route 12| publisher =Network Rail| url =http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/BusinessPlan2007/PDF/Route%2012%20Reading%20to%20Penzance.pdf| format =[[PDF]]}}</ref> that alterations be made to the layout at the east end of the station to allow terminating trains from Bristol to run straight into Platform 6. |
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== Services == |
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[[First Great Western]] operates regular intercity services from Taunton to London Paddington with trains running almost every half an hour during peak hours and every hour during off peak hours. They also operate the [[Night Riviera]] sleeper service from Penzance to London.<ref name=GBTT135/> |
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The high speed service from [[London Paddington]] continues to [[Exeter St Davids railway station|Exeter St Davids]] then either [[Paignton railway station|Paignton]] or [[Plymouth railway station|Plymouth]] and [[Penzance railway station|Penzance]]. These services usually run via [[Westbury railway station|Westbury]] but some operate via [[Bristol Temple Meads railway station|Bristol]]. They also run an hourly service from Taunton to Bristol and [[Cardiff Central railway station|Cardiff]].<ref>{{cite web |title = National Rail Timetable 134 (Winter 2007)|publisher= Network Rail|url = http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/eNRT/Dec07/timetables/Table134.pdf|format=[[PDF]]}}</ref> |
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[[CrossCountry]] operates long distance services between [[Scotland]] or the north of England and Paignton, Plymouth and Penzance.<ref>{{cite web |title = National Rail Timetable 51 (Winter 2007)|publisher= Network Rail|url = http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/eNRT/Dec07/timetables/Table51.pdf|format=[[PDF]]}}</ref> |
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{{ s-line-national |toc=First Great Western |route=Penzance to London via Westbury|previous=Tiverton Parkway |note=[[ London to Penzance Line|Main line westwards]] |next=Castle Cary |note2=[[London to Penzance Line|Main line eastwards]] |rows1=3 }} |
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{{ s-line-national |toc=First Great Western |route=Penzance to London via Bristol<br>and Taunton to Cardiff |next=Bridgwater |note2=[[Bristol to Taunton Line|Main line northwards]] ||hide1=yes }} |
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{{ s-line-national |toc=CrossCountry |notemid=Cornwall and Devon to<br>the North and Scotland |next=Weston-super-Mare |note2=[[Bristol to Taunton Line|Main line northwards]] ||hide1=yes }} |
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Other services that call at Taunton on a less frequent basis include: |
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* Special shuttle services between Taunton and [[Bishops Lydeard railway station|Bishops Lydeard]] in connection with special events on the [[West Somerset Railway]]. These are operated by [[CrossCountry]] or another main line operator. |
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* The "[[Torbay Express]]" steam-hauled service from Bristol and Weston-super-Mare to [[Kingswear railway station|Kingswear]] on summer weekends. |
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== Fairwater Yard {{anchor|fairwater Yard}}== |
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A marshalling yard was opened to the west of the station on [[30 July]] [[1946]]. It was used for many years by the [[British Railways]]' Civil Engineer and was home to a [[Ruston (engine builder)|Ruston and Hornsby]] [[0-6-0]] diesel shunter, [[British Rail Class 97/6|PWM652]]. After the end of this permanent way work the sidings were little used, mainly being a place to store unwanted wagons. |
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During 2006 they were relaid and in January 2007 were returned to use. Fairwater is now the home for a High Output Track Renewal System. This is engaged on renewal of track on the [[Great Western Main Line]] west of [[Swindon railway station|Swindon]] , the [[Reading to Plymouth Line|Reading to Exeter Main Line]] and the [[Bristol to Taunton Line]]. The equipment based in the yard is a [[Plasser and Thueurer]] High Output Ballast Cleaner, a [[Matisa]] High Output Track Renewal Train, and smaller on-track plant.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Taunton: high output base | journal = Modern Railways | volume = 64 | issue = 703 | pages = 20 | publisher = Ian Allan Publishing | date = April 2007 | id = ISSN 0026-8356}}</ref> Trains are mainly worked by [[Freightliner (UK)|Freightliner]] locomotives and [[British Rail Class 73|Bo-Bo 73133]] is used as the yard shunter. |
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== References == |
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{{commonscat|Taunton railway station}} |
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{{Bristol railway stations}} |
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[[Category:Taunton]] |
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[[Category:Railway stations in Somerset]] |
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[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1842]] |
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[[Category:Railway stations served by First Great Western]] |
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[[Category:Railway stations served by CrossCountry]] |
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