Everything about The Clevedon Branch Line totally explained
The
Clevedon branch line was a railway line that ran from
Yatton railway station to
Clevedon in
North Somerset,
England
It was opened on
28 July 1847, by the
Bristol and Exeter Railway, later to become part of the
Great Western Railway. Initially it was built as
broad gauge but was converted to
standard gauge in 1879.
The branch line stayed open until the
Beeching Axe, first losing goods traffic on
10 June 1963. At this point, Clevedon station was severely cut back, losing its goods yard and reducing to a single track in 1964. The station was unstaffed from this time as well and referred to in timetables as "Clevedon Halt". Passenger services ceased on
3 October 1966.
Mostly the branch was operated as a shuttle from Yatton, although there were a few direct trains from
Bristol. Particularly in its final years, the branch was operated by diesel
multiple units, and sometimes by a single-car diesel
railcar. Even in its declining years, the service was fairly regular: the British Railways Western Region timetable for 1964–1965 shows 24 trains in each direction, with a few more on Saturdays and during the summer, though no Sunday service.
Clevedon station was situated at what is now
Queen's Square shopping precinct, built in the 1980s. Originally a wooden structure, it was rebuilt in 1890 in typical Great Western style, much like the nearby stations of Yatton and
Weston-super-Mare. It was demolished in 1968.
A set of points are preserved and mounted upright as a reminder of the square's history.
All the track bed in Clevedon has long since been built on as the town has expanded. The last original bits of track, around
Kingston Seymour, were lifted in the late 1980s. Housing developments in the 1990s are built on some of the track bed in Yatton.
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