Crewkerne railway station is located in Misterton in Somerset, England, and serves the area around the town of Crewkerne. It is from on the West of England Main Line to Exeter, between and . The main building is Grade II listed, and is surrounded by several other old railway buildings. The station is managed by South Western Railway, who operate all services.
History The station was opened on 19 July 1860 when the LSWR opened its Salisbury and Yeovil Railway. The main building was designed by Sir William Tite and has been designated as a Grade II listed building. A wooden signal box was erected in 1875 on the eastbound platform, just east of the main offices. A new signal box was built in 1960 a little to the east of the old one, which was then demolished, located between the old goods shed and the platforms.
On 7 May 1967 the section between and was reduced to just a single track, although this has since been shortened to just between and Chard Junction, where there is a loop, followed by more single track to east of Axminster.
Accidents and incidents On 24 April 1953 it was the scene of an accident when an axle of Merchant Navy Class 35020 Bibby Line broke while it was passing the station. This caused the platform canopy to be demolished.
Location The station is about a mile southeast of Crewkerne on the A356 road, which crosses the platform and railway on a bridge. The entrance and platform are on the north side of the line, which is climbing westwards at 1 in 80 (1.25%) to the Crewkerne Tunnel.
Facilities The station has a ticket office and ticket machine, a car park and cycle storage, a waiting room, benches and a help point.
Passenger volume There has consisently been more than 100,000 entries and exits recorded every year since 2010, and 150,000 since 2015 except during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021. Passenger numbers have continued to grow since then with 177,884 recorded in the reporting year 2024–2025.
+YearEntries and exits2004–0597,0212005–0691,7542006–0793,2132007–0898,5152008–0999,4162009–1099,7642010–11114,9462011–12124,7222012–13123,4102013–14131,1602014–15141,8122015–16155,6962016–17162,3622017–18165,2102018–19164,3442019–20158,9502020–2145,6742021–22127,5082022–23157,5622023–24160,0422024–25177,884
Services
Axminster is served by one South Western Railway train per hour in each direction on the route between and .
Community rail The station is the westernmost station part of the Blackmore Community Rail Partnership.
See also Southern Railway routes west of Salisbury
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