This station, perched high above Axbridge, looks down on the centre of the town from the north. It opened in 1869, as part of the Bristol & Exeter Railway’s broad gauge line from Yatton to Cheddar. The line was extended to Wells in 1870.

The line included the following intermediate stations, in order from Yatton to Wells: Congreshury, Sandford, Winscombe, Axbridge. Cheddar, Draycott, Lodge Hill, and Wookey.

The Bristol & Exeter was taken over by the Great Western in 1876. Two years later the line was connected to the East Somerset line at Wells, providing through trains to Shepton Mallet, and on to Frome on the GWR main line.

Traffic on the Yatton to Wells section was boosted by the tourist trade to the Cheddar Caves, plus goods in the form of Cheddar Cheese, and in the summer season, strawberries. Axbridge Station was a centre for the strawberry trade, and this traffic became such a major part of the railway, it became known as the Strawberry Line.

Axbridge station comprised one large building, two platforms, a signal box and a goods shed. Both the station building and the shed were constructed from local stone, fitting well with the existing local architecture. The line was closed to passengers in 1963, although the line from Yatton to Cheddar remained open for freight to and from a private siding until 1969.