| East Somerset Railway | |
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 Cranmore railway station is the line's headquarters | |
| Locale | Somerset |
| Commercial operations | |
| Original gauge | 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) Brunel gauge |
| Preserved operations | |
| Length | 1 mi 63 ch (2.9 km) |
| Preserved gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Commercial history | |
| Opened | 9 November 1858 |
| 1 March 1862 | Extension opened |
| 1874 | Converted to 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Closed to passengers | 1963 |
| Closed | 1985 |
| Preservation history | |
| 1972 | Restoration (of the ESR) begins |
| 1974 | ESR Granted Light Railway Order |
| 1975 | ESR re-opened |
| 1981 | ESR extended to Merryfield halt |
| 1985 | ESR extended into Mendip Vale |
| Headquarters | Cranmore |
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The East Somerset Railway is a 1 mi 63 ch (2.9 km) heritage railway in Somerset, running between Cranmore and Mendip Vale. The railway was once part of the former Cheddar Valley line that ran from Witham to Yatton, meeting the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway at Wells but was considered for closure even before the publication of 'The Reshaping of British Railways' by Dr Richard Beeching in March 1963.