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Originally an independent extension of the West Somerset Railway it was opened in 1874.
1866 Incorporated to construct a line of 8.75 miles from Watchet and Minehead
1868 Engineer is R. P. Brereton.[1]
1882 It was converted to standard gauge.
1923 Became part of the Great Western Railway.
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