A Clevedon train leaves Yatton
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A Clevedon train leaves Yatton
Image: © Martin Tester Taken: 17 Sep 1966
A single car DMU (class 121) departs from Yatton Station at the beginning of its 3½ mile, 7 minute journey to Clevedon. The photo is taken from Horsecastle (aka Osmond) Bridge. Behind the DMU on the right is the large & distinctive Yatton West Signal Box, 75ft long & with about 130 levers (when at its peak). Yatton was the junction for both the Clevedon & the Cheddar Valley branches & there were loops alongside the mainline hence the need for a large box. With the closure of the branches & the simplification of the station trackwork its role was much diminished. Closure came in January 1972 with the completion of the Bristol Multiple Aspect Signalling scheme (MAS). The cleared space on the left marks the site of Yatton Loco Shed demolished in 1964 after the closure of the Cheddar Valley line in 1963. Rather surprisingly the coal stage remains.
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