Watergate Halt railway station
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Watergate Halt | |
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![]() Watergate Halt | |
General information | |
Location | Watergate Bridge, Torridge England |
Grid reference | SS468176 |
Platforms | One |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway |
Post-grouping |
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Key dates | |
20 Sept. 1926[1] | Opened |
1 March 1965 | Closed |
Watergate Halt was an intermediate halt on the initially privately run[2] North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway.
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"It was one of those moments you always remember – a first glimpse, caught through the dappled sunlight of a woodland glade. Deep within the heart of North Devon, I came across this tiny wayside halt, no longer than a single carriage length."[3]
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A remote rural station[4] with one small siding used by a local farmer,[5] it was closed in 1965 and now forms part of the popular Tarka trail, a route for ramblers promoted by the local council.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 468
- ^ Became part of Southern Region of British Railways in 1948 Branch Lines to Torrington Mitchell,V/Smith,K: Midhurst, Middleton Press,1994 ISBN 1-873793-37-5
- ^ Ian Pringle Memories of the Barnstaple to Torrington and Halwill Junction Line (VHS Video-Stock Code: BL267D)
- ^ Backtrack Vol 19(2005) The North Devon & Cornwall Junction Railway. Walter Rothschild
- ^ "Miscellaneous Southern Artefacts". Southern Railway E-mail Group. 5 March 2004.
- ^ East Devon Council
External links
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Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Torrington | North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway (1925 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1965) |
Yarde Halt |
50°56′16″N 4°10′51″W / 50.9377°N 4.1808°W
Categories:
- Disused railway stations in Devon
- Former Southern Railway (UK) stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1926
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965
- 1925 establishments in England
- 1965 disestablishments in England
- Beeching closures in England
- Torridge District
- South West England railway station stubs