Clevedon was served by a branch line from opened in 1847, six years after the main line, but closed in 1966. The station site is now "Queen's Square", a shopping precinct. The town was headquarters also for the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Light Railway, which connected the three named coastal towns. It opened to Weston-super-Mare in 1897, was extended to Portishead ten years later, but closed in 1940. Its trains crossed the road in the town centre, known as "The Triangle", preceded by a man with red and green flags.