[1] Initially the next station west Beam Bridge functioned as the terminus of the line, until the route to Exeter was completed in 1844.

Beam Bridge then closed and Burlescombe, just across the border in Devon, became the next station west.

Banking locomotives were kept here, ready to assist heavy westbound trains up to Whiteball Tunnel.

After government funding was announced in October 2021, Somerset Council is working with Network Rail and the Department for Transport on plans for a new station at Wellington.

[3] It will be at a new location near Nynehead Road, east of the previous site, and is hoped to open in September 2025.