Templecombe is a small station on the "West of England" line between Salisbury and Yeovil Junction. Once a complex junction with a now-closed north-south line to Poole, the station was closed in 1966, and reopened in 1983.
The second-oldest feature of Templecombe station is the signalbox on the platform, shared as at Feniton with the ticket office:
The rear of the signalbox:
Through this small door and up some stairs to the ticket office:
The line is single-track through the station itself, so only one station platform is operational, seen here looking east:
The modern shelter on the platform:
Further east along the platform is a pleasant garden area with a sign in it:
The oldest structure on the station is the footbridge:
However, it's come from somewhere else, as this plaque tells us:
From the car park, the end of the footbridge:
Looking west at the station from the footbridge:
Looking east from the footbridge, with more pleasant gardens on the left:
This fellow stands in the garden holding a passenger timetable. His other hand was supposed to be carrying something else, but it has fallen off so now he just gestures theatrically:
Looking west along the line from the platform:
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