Langport East was first opened to passengers on 2nd July 1906, on the Castle Cary to Taunton section of the Great Western Railway line.
In the early part of the century visitors from London used to use this line to visit the splendid sight of peonies growing at Kelway’s Nurseries. It is said that a special temporary station called ‘Peony Valley Halt’ was made near the valley at Barrymore Farm, although no photograph of this halt has so far come to light.
Children attending local schools used to arrive at Langport East Station on a train affectionately known as ‘The Bucket’.
