Abbotsham Road railway station

Abbotsham Road
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
Grid reference	SS421277
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Opened	20 May 1901
Closed	28 March 1917
Original company	Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway

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]

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."

See also

• Appledore station
• Northam station
• Westward Ho! railway station

References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   1-85260-508-1.
• Christie, P. (1995). North Devon History. The Lazarus Press. ISBN   1-898546-08-8.
• Jenkins, Stanley C. (1993). The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway. Oakwood Press. ISBN   0-85361-452-0.
• Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN   0-906899-99-0.

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

v t e Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway
Legend
Appledore Lovers' Lane Halt Richmond Road Halt Northam Beach Road Westward Ho! Cornborough Abbotsham Road Kenwith Castle Halt Causeway The Lane Halt Locomotive shed Strand Road Halt Bideford Quay Bideford North Devon Railway

1. Jenkins, Page 62
2. Jenkins, Page 44
3. Jenkins, Page 42
4. Jenkins, Page 91

External links

• Outline history of the railway