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|} The Yeovil to Taunton Line was a railway line in England, built by the Bristol and Exeter Railway (B&ER) to connect its main line with the market town of Yeovil in Somerset. It opened in 1853 using the broad gauge of 7ft 0¼in and was the first railway to serve Yeovil. It ran from a junction at although in later years passenger trains on the line ran through to and from where better main and branch line connections could be made. The Great Western Railway (GWR) operated the line from its opening until 1849, and absorbed the whole B&ER on 1 July 1876.〔Leased from 1 January 1876, amalgamated 1 July 1876〕 A short part of the branch was incoproarted into a new direct route from to Taunton in 1906 which shortened the distance from London to Devon and Cornwall. Local passenger train service was discontinued in 1964 and only the section used by Reading to Taunton trains remains open. ==Background== (詳細はIsambard Kingdom Brunel was appointed engineer, and the two companies worked in collaboration, the GWR undertaking the operation of the B&ER for a period. Both lines adopted Brunel's broad gauge of 7ft 0¼in. The B&ER line was opened to Taunton on 1 July 1842, using trains leased from the Great Western. It was extended to Exeter, opening on 1 May 1844.〔E T MacDermot, ''History of the Great Western Railway'', Volume 1, Published by the Great Western Railway, London, 1931〕 In 1844 the Railway Mania was at its height, and the B&ER was induced to propose a branch to Yeovil, hitherto not served by any railway. In 1845, the B&ER obtained the necessary Act of Parliament; The B&ER obtained parliamentary authority for its branch line to Yeovil in 1845; it was to run from a junction at Durston, about six miles east of Taunton.〔E T MacDermot, ''History of the Great Western Railway'', Volume 2, Published by the Great Western Railway, London, 1931〕 At the end of September 1846, Brunel resigned his position as Engineer to the B&ER and he was superseded by Charles Hutton Gregory.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yeovil to Taunton Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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