Castle Cary station - services, incidents, facilities, car parking and awards (merged topic)

[whole diary]

[infoman]

film footage shown on BBC1 local news at 18:30pm on tuesday

[bradshaw]

A post on RailUK Forums mentions a new footbridge at the country end of Castle Cary station, seen there yesterday. It is not on Street View or Apple Maps. Dies anyone know anything about it.

[JayMac]

Popped in tonight on way home from evening in Castle Cary.

[rogerw]

The new footbridge is temporary, erected for this years Glastonbury festival but obviously not needed. It is being left in place whilst the existing footbridge is renovated.

[PhilWakely]

The new footbridge is temporary, erected for this years Glastonbury festival but obviously not needed. It is being left in place whilst the existing footbridge is renovated.

Will the footpath up into the village be closed during renovation of the existing footbridge?

[rogerw]

I don't know, but probably a temporary closure would be required. Nothing on the Somerset CC web site at present but I don't think that the works to the footbridge are programmed yet.

[grahame]

From Somerset Live

"Dangerous" parking on a busy A-road near a Somerset train station is "beyond a joke", according to fuming residents. Police officers have been called out to the A371 near Castle Cary Station on a number of occasions this week as locals complain about cars parked on the major route.

A local police sergeant has said officers are "aware" of the problems and have issued Traffic Offence Report notices for parking offences near the station, while Great Western Railway (GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway)), which operates Castle Cary Station, has confirmed it is working to expand its car park. A spokesman for Somerset County also revealed there are plans to lay double yellow lines along the A371.

How long has GWR been aware of the problem and working to expand its car park?  It feels like it's as long as they've been talking about a return of trains to Portishead ...

[JayMac]

57 warning notices issued earlier this week. Double yellow lines are on the horizon.

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/ridiculous-parking-castle-cary-train-8282230

[JayMac]

Using the former dairy buildings, along with a matching new extension, at Castle Cary station, The Newt in Somerset have opened 'The Creamery'. There's a restaurant with food and drink to go, and a shop will be opening soon. They will also be making cheese here.

https://thenewtinsomerset.com/TheCreamery

A trackside restaurant and working creamery celebrating the golden age of the Great British railway. Under a 10-minute drive from The Newt, The Creamery is located at Castle Cary railway station, a principal gateway to Somerset. The historic building is a community hub, serving travellers boarding or alighting trains from London Paddington and the West Country. Visitors can expect hearty dishes, grab and go, and a range of traditional soft cheese and yoghurt using fresh milk from the estate’s herd of water buffalo.

The original ‘Milk Factory’ was erected by brothers, G&C Prideaux, in 1912. Local farmers would deliver churns of milk to be made into cheese at the factory, which would be transported to the newly accessible London market via the railway line. The height of ‘La Belle Epoque’, it was an era of industrial invention, intellectual and artistic creativity and global wanderlust. Travelling the world was a thrilling new possibility and the reimagined building has multiple references to this ‘Golden Age of Travel’. The restored Creamery keeps the year 1912 firmly in mind, with a new brick extension matching the detailing of the original factory. The design celebrates a rich history of handling milk products, with modern cheesemaking returned to the heart of the building.

I was intending to pop in the other day between trains but unfortunately the place isn't dog friendly inside. There is garden seating to the rear however where pet owners can sit if the weather is agreeable.



Personal opinion. I won't ever be frequenting this business. I've subsequently learned that the owners of The Newt in Somerset and their estate manager are supporters and regular hosts of the law breaking Blackmore & Sparkford Vale Hunt.

[bradshaw]

It will save the walk to the Brook House Inn that we used to do when faced with a wait while changing trains!

[Chris from Nailsea]

There has been something of a flurry of posting activity regarding Castle Cary station (which is great!), so I've taken the opportunity to do some of my 'moving and merging'.

I've merged several historic topics here, to provide one hopefully definitive source of information about Castle Cary station.  I have also retained many of the original topic headings within those historic posts, for context and clarity.

I hope this helps.  CfN.