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departing. Meanwhile, the Chard company's chairman, called
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Ilminster, considered to be in need of a railway connection. The connection to the LSWR had been foremost because of its closeness, but the L&SWR did not offer convenient
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village in 1871. Originally named 'Thorne Falcon', it was renamed 'Thorn' by the GWR in July 1890, but was renamed again to 'Thornfalcon' on 1 January 1902. After passenger services were withdrawn the goods yard remained open for nearly two more years, finally closing on 6 July 1964. Just one wooden
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The people of Chard discovered that this line would not pass through their town, but there would be a station on the new main line, then described simply as "three miles west of
Winsham". (The station when built was called Chard Road, and it was two miles (3 km) from the town.) Wanting a closer
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Ilminster, and Ilton Halt north of Ilminster. Both railways were nationalised in 1948 but were initially managed as two separate regions – the GWR becoming the
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station on 19 July 1860. The Chard Railway Company started construction work on its line on 1 November 1860. The contractor for the line found himself unable to discharge his obligations and had to be replaced; this was followed by the second contractor failing too and the engineer to the line also
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station; trains in the opposite direction had to reverse into the Town station. In 1871 a new platform was opened on the connecting line. The station closed to passengers on 1 January 1917 and was then the main goods station for the town until it finally closed on 18 April 1966.
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miles (4 km) east of Taunton to a station at Chard. The line was 12 miles 61 chains (20.5 km) long, and opened on 11 September 1866 to passengers, goods traffic being made ready in March 1867. Stations were built at Hatch, Ilminster and Chard.
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connecting line passed the original Town station, leaving it on a stub. L&SWR trains from Chard Junction entered the Town station, and then backed out to the through line, and then proceeded to the Joint station.
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2351:. London: Great Western Railway. 6 October 1947.
2343:. London: Great Western Railway. 4 October 1920.
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1990:"The case for expanding the rail network"
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1879:Cobb (2003)
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1424:and staff.
1418:broad gauge
1370:Chard Joint
1362: /
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1056:Thornfalcon
1043:Thornfalcon
1035: /
1009:Thornfalcon
668:Thornfalcon
215:Track gauge
190:Line length
2596:Categories
2057:Fox (1999)
1685:References
1564:signal box
1537: (
1515:50°50′21″N
1473:Chard Town
1471: (
1449:50°52′27″N
1439:Chard Town
1432:train shed
1368: (
1346:50°52′37″N
1289: (
1267:50°55′16″N
1243:goods shed
1228: (
1206:50°55′48″N
1177:Ilton Halt
1175: (
1153:50°56′53″N
1143:Ilton Halt
1103: (
1081:50°58′44″N
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1019:51°00′36″N
890:Chard Town
740:Ilton Halt
642:River Tone
314:Chard Town
306:Chard Road
67:Dismantled
48:River Tone
2258:11956311M
2232:Sparkford
2096:. Donyatt
1570:Gradients
1518:2°56′12″W
1452:2°57′24″W
1410:7 ft
1349:2°57′18″W
1270:2°56′17″W
1230:Ilminster
1209:2°55′41″W
1196:Ilminster
1156:2°56′06″W
1128:inspired
1084:2°59′31″W
1061:A358 road
1022:3°02′10″W
765:Ilminster
185:Technical
2250:60251199
1999:28 April
1645: in
1619: in
1579:Services
1484:platform
1398: in
847:boundary
461:Stations
234: in
135:Stations
104:Somerset
87:B&ER
59:Overview
1640:⁄
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1393:⁄
1302:Donyatt
594:Taunton
405:A 1912
365:⁄
344:⁄
318:Firefly
229:⁄
156:History
143:Service
121:Taunton
110:Termini
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1126:Brunel
507:Legend
425:(SR).
177:Closed
161:Opened
100:Locale
64:Status
1993:(PDF)
1588:Notes
1322:Chard
1190:Ilton
1105:Hatch
1071:Hatch
957:18.49
885:15.51
835:15.50
810:15.19
785:11.95
760:10.46
715:Hatch
526:miles
252:Chard
169:1866
164:1863
72:Owner
2507:ISBN
2488:ISBN
2447:ISBN
2428:ISBN
2409:ISBN
2390:ISBN
2371:ISBN
2327:ISBN
2308:ISBN
2280:ISBN
2246:OCLC
2236:ISBN
2208:ISBN
2102:2017
2044:2008
2001:2019
845:LSWR
735:9.89
710:6.59
663:3.59
614:2.40
589:0.00
389:The
284:The
246:The
180:1962
148:Type
119:and
76:LSWR
2543:KML
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