title: Glastonbury and Street railway station
text: # Glastonbury and Street railway station
  
  Glastonbury and Street railway station was the biggest station on the original Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway main line from Highbridge to Evercreech Junction until closed in 1966 under the Beeching axe. It was the junction for the short branch line to Wells which closed in 1951.
  
  Opened in 1854 as Glastonbury, and renamed in 1886, it had three platforms, two for Evercreech to Highbridge services and one for the branch service to Wells. The station had a large goods yard controlled from a signal box.
  
  ## Services
  
  | Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station |
  | - | - | - |
  | West Pennard Line and station closed | Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway LSWR & Midland Railways Wells Branch | Ashcott Line and station closed |
  | Polsham Line and station closed | Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway LSWR & Midland Railways Highbridge Branch and Bridgwater Branch | Ashcott Line and station closed |
  
  ## The site today
  
  The site is now used by a timber merchant and for storage. Replica level crossing gates have been placed at the entrance. The former railway station canopy is now used as a shelter in the market area car park in Glastonbury.
  
  