The Friends of Crewkerne Station have mounted an exhibition in the Local Information Centre window and we have also commissioned a restoration of the platform side Pumphouse window.
The Exhibition is right in the LIC window so is visible from the outside but do also go and have a look inside. The LIC is open from 09.30 until 15.00 now its summer.
One board is about Railway 200 and the history of our station. As you probably remember we celebrated 160 years open in 2020 so our line was close to the beginnings of rail travel. There were three locomotives leading the first train and much rejoicing from the townspeople at the time. You can read all about it and see some historic photos of the locomotives on the exhibition board. As well as that oldest account there are some more modern historic railway moments. As you probably know the station is a grade II listed building designed by the well known architect William Tite who incidentally also designed many other stations including Carnforth of Brief encounter fame.
The other board contains some much more modern photos and accounts of the work of the volunteers. The Friends of Crewkerne Station have been in existence since 2011 and have made a lot of progress with making the station environment more attractive. They have managed to make it an award winning station for biodiversity as well as really pretty flowers in containers on both platforms. You may also have visited the waiting room where FOCS has provided a comfy historic seat, books to read, colouring pictures of the station and trains and decorations on every special occasion. Pictures demonstrating the work of the volunteers over the years can be seen on this board.
There is also some extra information in one of the glass cabinets where all the annual reports and various leaflets about travel on our pretty and attractive but also very useful line. The audio visual account of the history of the station can be seen inside on the LIC screen.