Midsomer Norton railway station

Midsomer Norton
Station on heritage railway
Midsomer Norton railway station in 2012
General information
Location	Midsomer Norton, Bath and North East Somerset England
Coordinates	51°16′51″N 2°28′58″W / 51.2809°N 2.4828°W / 51.2809; -2.4828
Grid reference	ST664537
Owned by	SR and LMSR Western Region of British Railways
Managed by	Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Platforms	2
Key dates
20 July 1874	Opened (Midsomer Norton)
16 October 1898	Renamed (Midsomer Norton and Welton)
26 September 1949	Renamed (Midsomer Norton South)
7 March 1966	Closed[1]
1995	Leased to Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust and reopened.

Midsomer Norton railway station (originally Midsomer Norton, later Midsomer Norton and Welton and finally Midsomer Norton South) was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway between Bath Green Park and Shepton Mallet. It served the town of Midsomer Norton in the English county of Somerset, which was also served by a second station known as Midsomer Norton and Welton railway station on the Bristol and North Somerset Railway.

The station opened in 1874. In the 1948 nationalisation the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway became part of the Southern Region of British Railways. Along with the rest of the line it closed in 1966. In the early to mid 1990s Norton Radstock College used the station building and goods shed as their art department base prior to relocating to a newly built art department in the college. Following that The Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust took the lease on the station in 1995 to restore it. They have restored many of the buildings and laid a short section of track. Future plans for further extension of the track have been proposed.