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Disused railway stations in Bath & North East
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688:. Somerset and Dorset Railway. Archived from
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663:. Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
641:. New Somerset & Dorset Railway
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381:to restore to its 1950s condition.
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305:Evercreech Junction railway station
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