Frome railway station

Frome station was originally on the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway, a railway that linked the Great Western Railway (GWR) at Chippenham with Weymouth. The line was authorised by the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. liii), was acquired by the GWR in 1850, reached Frome in the same year, and was completed throughout in 1857. The original route of this line is that of the loop line through Frome station. This line forms the basis for today's Bristol to Weymouth route. A branch from Frome, authorised by the same 1845 act, opened to freight traffic in 1854, originally as a broad gauge mineral line to Radstock with a station at Mells Junction (renamed Mells Road…

Frome station was designed by J R Hannaford. It is one of the oldest through train shed railway stations still in operation in Britain. The unusual station structure consists of a 120 by 48 foot (36.5 x 14.6 metres) timber train shed, supported by 12 composite trusses with a span of 49 ft. The station has two platforms, one of which is now unused due to the line being made into a single track. It is now a Grade II listed building.