Petrockstow railway station
| Petrockstow | |
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| Site of old station, now start of Tarka Trail [1] | |
| Location | |
| Place | One mile outside Petrockstowe village |
| Area | Torridge |
| Grid reference | SS516106 |
| Operations | |
| Pre-grouping | Torrington and Marland Railway(1881 -1925) North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway (1925 to 1948)[2] |
| Post-grouping | Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1965) |
| Platforms | Two |
| History | |
| 1925 | Opened for passenger trains |
| 1 March 1965 | Closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Petrockstow railway station [3] was a station serving the village of Petrockstowe in West Devon, which is about one mile away. The station was, throughout its passenger-carrying life from 1925 to 1965, spelt without the final "e" of the village name.
The railway was originally built as a narrow-gauge freight line to carry ball clay to Torrington from the Marland and Meeth clay pits.[4] The Torrington and Marland Railway then became the basis of the northern section of the North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway, which opened in 1925 and remained a private line until finally becoming part of the Southern Region of British Railways in 1948.[5]
A victim of Beeching, the line closed to passengers in 1965[6] but it remained open for freight trains from the Meeth quarries which passed into the rail network through Barnstaple and Torrington until 1982.[7]
References
- ^ The spelling now follows that of the village (Devon County Council)- see also Langston.
- ^ Private, not grouped in 1923
- ^ As spelt by Col Stevens original timetable
- ^ Petrockstowe Station railway premises in Backtrack magazine (Vol 19 p649) Farmer,R November 2005
- ^ Branch Lines to Torrington Mitchell,V/Smith,K: Midhurst, Middleton Press,1994 ISBN 1-873793-37-5
- ^ "Discovering Britain's lost railways" Atterbury,P: Basingstoke, AA Publishing ISBN 978-0-7495-6370-7
- ^ Freight details
External links
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Dunsbear Halt Line and station closed |
Southern Railway North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway |
Meeth Halt Line and station closed |
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Coordinates: 50°52′52″N 4°6′59″W / 50.88111°N 4.11639°W
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