it sounds like a temporary terminus opened prior to the main one.

They were two different stations. Hendford was Yeovil’s first station, opening with the B&E^‡(resolve)’s line from Taunton in 1853, four years later it was extended to meet the GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) at Pen Mill.

 Hendford Halt was opened in 1933 to serve the developing Westlands and closed with the line in 1964. I travelled on the last service into Yeovil that day. It was one of a number of halts the GWR opened around then, others included Chetnole, Thornford, Cattistock and Stratton & Bradford Peverell on the Weymouth line

Abbotsbury Branch opened 1885 closed 1952, open for 65 years. Now closed for 68 years.

West Bay branch opened 1884 final closure 1962 for goods. Open 78 years, closed for 58 years. I remember walking this section around 1960 thinking it was closed and meeting a goods train on the line!

It was 9016 disguised!


https://www.railwaymagazine.co.uk/8023/crewes-june-open-day-to-have-more-than-30-exhibits/

Ian Warmsley’s article in Modern Railways discusses the safety aspect. The ORR^» (Office of Rail and Road formerly Office of Rail Regulation - about) stated that 3rd rail eight times the equivalent fatalaties of OHLE at 25kV. A recent study shows the figures to be 0.47 Fatalities and Weighted Injuries Related to the 3rd rail vice 0.23, whereas the railway as a whole comes in at 59.6.

I would not put forward the idea of wholesale additions to the 3rd Rail network but infills such as Oxted and the North Downs line need to be considered. The other outpost, Ashford to Hastings, would be better done at 25kV so that it could be served from HS1^▸ (High Speed line 1 - St Pancras to Channel Tunnel) at Ashford.

I o nor think that the Salisbury to Exeter line will be doubled throughout due to the cost involved. There are a number of locations where the track has been slewed to avoid a weak part of the embankment and a couple of stations where significant construction will be needed, Crewkerne for example. I feel it would be better served by extensions of loops such as at Tisbury and at Templecombe, bringing the double track into the station. Towards Exeter the extension of the passing loops will be needed for the Devon Metro service and this might justify a greater amount of redoubling between Chard and Exeter.

Here is the ORR^» (Office of Rail and Road formerly Office of Rail Regulation - about) position on 3rd rail extension.
It places the onus of safety with the organisation promoting the extension. It specifically mentions the time taken for isolations but NR^» (Network Rail - home page) South East and presumably Wessex are installing modular isolation systems that make it both safer and quicker.

https://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/17621/dc-electrification-policy-statement.pdf

There are two articles in the July edition if Modern Railways on electrification. The first by David Shirres looks at getting to net zero and the second by Ian Walmsley looks at 3rd rail extensions.

I think that it is more likely that Southampton to Salisbury and thence to Basingstoke and Reading will be 25kV, primarily for the freight movement.
From Salisbury to Exeter is a long shot for electrification. If Salisbury is done as 25kV then it would make sense to extend that to Exeter is the financial case stacked up. However, I think it unlikely. Considering that it will soon be necessary to replace the159s then a decision on the route needs to be made sooner rather than later. If Salisbury is done at 25kV then a trimode unit will be needed. What ever is to happen needs careful long term consideration as there are infrastructure implications relating to the location of additional passing  loops as these would be differ depending on the traction used, as was determined in the Wessex RUS^▸ (Route Utilisation Strategy) released a few years back.

ITV at 7pm yesterday, so should be available On the ITV Hub. This was one of the second series of her walks first seen in 2017. The first series was the year before, one of which Marion was featured at Colmers Hill, near Bridport. We spent two hours on the hill fir a five minute piece in the programme!

Just checked it is one of three available on the Hub, the others are Isle of Man, including the railway and Lynton / Lynmouth to Watersmeet. Available for one month from date of transmission.

Yes, it had got to the stage where the next month’s magazine was coming out at the beginning of the previous month. So July edition would be sent out in early June. This was realigned by issuing the additional magazine, free to subscribers, so that it now comes out on the first Wednesday of the month.

This appeared in the Railway Magazine un March 2018
https://www.railwaymagazine.co.uk/4797/etcs-in-cab-signalling-for-750-uk-freight-locomotives/

There seems to be an information plaque between the structure and the road; English Heritage location perhaps?

I have been accessing it for a few years now, definitely a useful resource

There have been daily updates on Twitter as well
https://twitter.com/networkrailwssx/status/1273190550515187717?s=21
https://twitter.com/networkrailwssx/status/1273190552943636481?s=21
https://twitter.com/networkrailwssx/status/1273602592963276800?s=21
amongst others

From NR^» (Network Rail - home page) possessions site, SOME SERVICES TO RUN VIA HONITON.

WORK DETAILS = TIVERTON TRACK RENWALS, WHITEBALL TUNNEL IF REQUIRED, 

TRAINS TO TERMINATE AT TAUNTON AND EXETER ST DAVIDS. BARNSTAPLE BRANCH UNAFFECTED.
RRS REQUIRED BETWEEN TAUNTON, TIVERTON AND EXETER ST DAVIDS.
 
FREIGHT RETIMED TO RUN VIA HONITON OVERNIGHT.

edit  the 28th September to 3rd October

There is a Q path this week Exeter to Castle Cary via Yeovil, GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) ecs. Is there some engineering work planned in the near future on the Western mail line or is it refreshing the route knowledge? As yet it has not been taken up.