The main railway line from London Paddington to Taunton, Exeter  and South-West England runs through The Charltons. 

In 2006 we celebrated the centenary of the opening of this GWR cut-off line through from Castle Cary to Durston, near Taunton, and the years from 1905 (when Charlton Mackrell station first opened and was briefly the terminus) until the 1960s when the intermediate stations were closed.

The Railway Centenary Committee produced a book with information on the history of the line and the stations, including maps, construction photos, and memories.  
Just a few copies of  "Castle Cary to Durston - The Story of a Railway" are still available.

The Secretary of The Charltons Historical Society also compiled a book from information, photographs and stories collected by the Society over a number of years.  It includes some material contributed to the main Railway Centenary book, and some additional information on engineers who planned the line, but also extends to the more general history of the villages of Charlton Adam and Charlton Mackrell and people's memories of a different way of life in the last century.

"Life in The Charltons - The Station Years 1905 -1962" is also available to order.