Lustleigh station was a stop on the Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway; it served the village of Lustleigh, in Devon, England.
Lustleigh | |
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 Lustleigh station in 1912, with a train for Moretonhampstead | |
| General information | |
| Location | Lustleigh, Teignbridge England |
| Grid reference | SX786814 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 4 July 1866 | Opened |
| 2 March 1959[1] | Closed to passengers |
| 1964[1] | Line closed to goods traffic |
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Lustleigh was the penultimate station on this 12.3 mile (20 km) branch line off the South Devon Main Line. It had a single platform and one siding.[2]
The Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway company was formed in 1861, and work on the line commenced in 1863. The line opened to the public in 1866; it was converted from broad gauge to standard gauge in 1892.
The station was used on 28 February 1931 for the film The Hound of the Baskervilles;[3] its name changed temporarily to Baskerville.[4][5][6]
The station was host to a GWR camp coach from 1934 to 1939.[7][8] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Western Region from 1952 to 1958.[9]
The station closed to passengers after the last train on 28 February 1959, with goods trains continuing until 1964.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pullabrook Halt | Newton Abbot to Moretonhampstead Great Western Railway |
Moretonhampstead |
The site today
editThe platform survives and the station building has been greatly enlarged.
References
editCitations
edit- ^ a b Butt, Page 151
- ^ "Lustleigh station on OS 25 inch map Devon C.4 (Bovey Tracey; Lustleigh)". National Library of Scotland. 1905. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ Railway Magazine no. 407 May 1931 p.418
- ^ Railway Magazine no. 407 May 1931 p.412
- ^ Ewan 1964, p. 43.
- ^ James, Paul (18 April 1995). "How the movies came to Lustleigh". Herald Express. p. 15.
- ^ McRae 1997, p. 31.
- ^ Fenton 1999, p. 51.
- ^ McRae 1998, p. 95.
Sources
edit- Butt, R (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1.
- Ewan, M (1964). The Haytor Granite Tramway & Stover Canal. Newton Abbot: David & Charles.
- Fenton, Mike (1999). Camp Coach Holidays on the G.W.R. Wild Swan. pp. 196–197. ISBN 1-874103-53-4.
- McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
- McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
Further reading
edit- Beck, Keith; Copsey, John (1990). The Great Western in South Devon. Didcot: Wild Swan Publications. ISBN 0-906867-90-8.
- Jenkins, S C; Pomroy, L J (1989). The Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway. Oxford: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-389-3.
External links
edit- "Lustleigh station". Disused stations.
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