Abbotsham Road railway station

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Abbotsham Road
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The route and site of the station
General information
Location Bideford, Torridge
England
Coordinates 51°1′38.4″N4°15′9.6″W / 51.027333°N 4.252667°W / 51.027333; -4.252667 Coordinates: 51°1′38.4″N4°15′9.6″W / 51.027333°N 4.252667°W / 51.027333; -4.252667
Grid reference SS421277
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway
Key dates
20 May 1901Station opens
28 March 1917Station closes
Abbotsham Road station, looking towards Westward Ho!, circa 1908 BWH&AR Abbotsham Road station circa 1908.jpg
Abbotsham Road station, looking towards Westward Ho!, circa 1908

Abbotsham Road railway station was a small railway station on the independent Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway in the English county of Devon. It lay 2 miles and 50 chains from Bideford Quay. [1]

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History

Previously named Mudcott, the station was in open countryside at the Mudcott Road level crossing. It was known as Mudcott Passing Loop until the passenger platforms were brought into use. [2]

Infrastructure

It had a passing loop, two wooden platforms and what appears to have been a ticket office-cum-signal box hut. No freight facilities were provided. [3] The signal box was probably connected by phone to the signal boxes at Bideford Yard and The Causeway. [4]

Christie records that the railway company had built a path to allow volunteers from the local militia in Bideford to walk to their nearby rifle range and that this was "a pretty station in the midst of trees."

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References

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Cornborough
Line and station closed
  Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway
British Electric Traction
  Kenwith Castle Halt
Line and station closed

Sources

Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway
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Appledore
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Lovers' Lane Halt
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Richmond Road Halt
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Northam
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Beach Road
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Westward Ho!
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Cornborough
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Abbotsham Road
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Kenwith Castle Halt
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Causeway
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The Lane Halt
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Locomotive shed
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Strand Road Halt
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Bideford Quay
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Bideford
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  1. Jenkins, Page 62
  2. Jenkins, Page 44
  3. Jenkins, Page 42
  4. Jenkins, Page 91