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The Cheddar Valley line was a railway line in Somerset, England, running between Yatton and Witham. It was opened in parts: the first section connecting Shepton Mallet to Witham, later extended to Wells, was built by the East Somerset Railway from 1858. Later the Bristol and Exeter Railway built their branch line from Yatton to Wells, but the two lines were prevented for a time from joining up. Eventually the gap was closed, and the line became a simple through line, operated by the Great Western Railway.

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  • The Cheddar Valley line was a railway line in Somerset, England, running between Yatton and Witham. It was opened in parts: the first section connecting Shepton Mallet to Witham, later extended to Wells, was built by the East Somerset Railway from 1858. Later the Bristol and Exeter Railway built their branch line from Yatton to Wells, but the two lines were prevented for a time from joining up. Eventually the gap was closed, and the line became a simple through line, operated by the Great Western Railway. The line became known as The Strawberry Line because of the volume of locally-grown strawberries that it carried. It closed in 1963. Sections of the former trackbed have been opened as the Strawberry Line Trail, which runs from Yatton to Cheddar. The southern section operates as a heritage railway using the name East Somerset Railway. (en)
  • Die Cheddar Valley und Yatton Railway war eine britische Eisenbahngesellschaft in Somerset in Südwest-England. Die Genehmigung zum Bau der von nach Wells wurde am 14. Juli 1864 erteilt. Besaß zuerst die das Baurecht, wurde dieses am 19. Juni 1865 auf die Bristol and Exeter Railway übertragen. Am 3. August 1869 wurde der Abschnitt von Yatton, an der Hauptstrecke von Bristol nach Exeter, bis Cheddar und am 5. April 1870 bis Wells eröffnet. Die ursprünglich in der Breitspur von 2140 mm errichtete Strecke wurde 1875 auf Normalspur umgestellt. Die Strecke wurde durch die Beeching-Axt 1964 stillgelegt und ist heute ein Wander- und Radweg. Mit der Übernahme der B&ER wurde auch die Cheddar Valley und Yatton Railway am 1. August 1876 von der Great Western Railway übernommen. (de)
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  • The Cheddar Valley line was a railway line in Somerset, England, running between Yatton and Witham. It was opened in parts: the first section connecting Shepton Mallet to Witham, later extended to Wells, was built by the East Somerset Railway from 1858. Later the Bristol and Exeter Railway built their branch line from Yatton to Wells, but the two lines were prevented for a time from joining up. Eventually the gap was closed, and the line became a simple through line, operated by the Great Western Railway. (en)
  • Die Cheddar Valley und Yatton Railway war eine britische Eisenbahngesellschaft in Somerset in Südwest-England. Die Genehmigung zum Bau der von nach Wells wurde am 14. Juli 1864 erteilt. Besaß zuerst die das Baurecht, wurde dieses am 19. Juni 1865 auf die Bristol and Exeter Railway übertragen. Am 3. August 1869 wurde der Abschnitt von Yatton, an der Hauptstrecke von Bristol nach Exeter, bis Cheddar und am 5. April 1870 bis Wells eröffnet. Die ursprünglich in der Breitspur von 2140 mm errichtete Strecke wurde 1875 auf Normalspur umgestellt. Die Strecke wurde durch die Beeching-Axt 1964 stillgelegt und ist heute ein Wander- und Radweg. (de)
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