27th May 2021. BBC News. ‘Somerset: Plans for new railway station on Levels‘

27th May 2021. BBC News. ‘Somerset: Plans for new railway station on Levels‘

Plans for a new railway station have moved forward after councillors agreed to help fund a feasibility study. The stations at Somerton and Langport on the Somerset Levels were closed in the Beeching cuts during the 1960s. Chancellor Rishi Sunak mentioned the towns in his 2020 spending review and said the government could contribute up to £50,000 towards the study.

South Somerset District Council has since pledged a further £6,000.

In a report to the council, locality officer Adrian Moore, said: “This proposal is to seek our support for the reinstatement of a railway station to serve the towns of Langport and Somerton on the existing dual-track Great Western Line between London Paddington and the South West.” Read more here.