Ghost Stations - Disused Railway Stations in Somerset, England

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1. Alford Halt railway station
2. Ashcott railway station
3. Athelney railway station
4. Axbridge railway station
5. Bason Bridge railway station
6. Bawdrip Halt railway station
7. Beam Bridge railway station
8. Binegar railway station
9. Bleadon and Uphill railway station
10. Brean Road Halt railway station
11. Brent Knoll railway station
12. Bridgwater North railway station
13. Burnham-on-Sea railway station
14. Chard Central railway station
15. Chard Junction railway station
16. Chard Town railway station
17. Charlton Mackrell railway station
18. Cheddar railway station
19. Chilcompton railway station
20. Cole (for Bruton) railway station
21. Congresbury railway station
22. Cossington railway station
23. Creech St Michael railway station
24. Donyatt Halt railway station
25. Draycott railway station (Somerset)
26. Dulverton railway station
27. Dunball railway station
28. Durston railway station
29. Edington railway station
30. Evercreech Junction railway station
31. Evercreech New railway station
32. Flax Bourton railway station
33. Glastonbury and Street railway station
34. Ham Green Halt railway station
35. Hatch railway station
36. Henstridge railway station
37. Ilminster railway station
38. Ilton Halt railway station
39. Keinton Mandeville railway station
40. Langport East railway station
41. Lodge Hill railway station
42. Long Ashton railway station
43. Long Sutton and Pitney railway station
44. Lyng Halt railway station
45. Masbury railway station
46. Midford railway station
47. Midsomer Norton and Welton railway station
48. Midsomer Norton railway station
49. Milverton railway station
50. Nightingale Valley Halt railway station
51. Norton Fitzwarren railway station
52. Paulton Halt railway station
53. Paulton Radford and Timsbury Halt railway station
54. Pill railway station
55. Polsham railway station
56. Portbury railway station
57. Portishead railway station
58. Puxton and Worle railway station
59. Pylle railway station
60. Radford and Timsbury Halt railway station
61. Radstock North railway station
62. Saltford railway station
63. Sandford and Banwell railway station
64. Shapwick railway station
65. Shepton Mallet (Charlton Road) railway station
66. Shepton Mallet (High Street) railway station
67. Shoscombe and Single Hill Halt railway station
68. Somerton railway station
69. Thornfalcon railway station
70. Venn Cross railway station
71. Wanstrow railway station
72. Wellington (Somerset) railway station
73. Wellow (Somerset) railway station
74. Wells (Priory Road) railway station
75. Wells (Tucker Street) railway station
76. Wells East Somerset railway station
77. West Pennard railway station
78. Weston Junction railway station
79. Wincanton railway station
80. Winscombe railway station
81. Witham (Somerset) railway station
82. Wiveliscombe railway station
83. Wookey railway station
84. Yeovil Town railway station

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Disused_railway_stations_in_Somerset

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Ghost stations is the usual English translation for the German word Geisterbahnhöfe. This term was used to describe certain stations on Berlin's U-Bahn and S-Bahn metro networks that were closed during the period of Berlin's division during the Cold War. Since then, the term has come to be used to describe any disused station on an underground railway line, especially those actively passed through by passenger trains.

An abandoned (or disused) railway station is a building or structure which was constructed to serve as a railway station but has fallen into disuse. There are various circumstances when this may occur - a railway company may fall bankrupt, or the station may be closed due to the failure of economic activitiy such as insufficient passenger numbers, operational reasons such as the diversion or replacement of the line. In some instances, the railway line may continue in operation while the station is closed. Additionally, stations may sometimes be resited along the route of the line to new premises - examples of this include opening a replacement station nearer to the centre of population, or building a larger station on a less re