West Somerset Railway

West Somerset Railway

Legend 0.0 Minehead Dunster Blue Anchor Washford former West Somerset Mineral Railway Watchet Doniford Halt Williton Stogumber Crowcombe Heathfield 0.0 Bishops Lydeard former Barnstaple to Taunton Line Bishops Lydeard triangle Devon and Somerset Railway Great Western Main Line to Exeter Norton Fitzwarren (special operations only) 0.0 Taunton (special operations only) Great Western Main Line from Bristol Great Western Main Line from Westbury

The West Somerset Railway (WSR) is a heritage railway. It runs along the edge of the Quantock Hills in Somerset, England, between Bishops Lydeard and Watchet. The line then turns inland to Washford. It then returns to the coast for the run to Minehead. The Exmoor National Park is nearby.

West Somerset Railway Media

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  Vulcan at Williton in 1981

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  Station sign at Williton station on the West Somerset Railway. *Photograph taken by Robert Kilpin. Canon EOS 350D with 16-35mm f2.8 L USM Lens. Image unaltered.

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  A train near Williton in 1960

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  The station sign at Bishops Lydeard

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  GWR Autocoach No.178 is propelled to Norton Fitzwarren station by auto-fitted 4575 Class 5542. Behind is the WSRA's ballast dump, which holds ballast to be used on the railway or resold as aggregates

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  A Class 150 visits with a special service from the main line

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  The signal box and road crossing at Blue Anchor, looking downhill towards the Bristol Channel

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  88 with a train of Mark I coaches