Ashton railway station

This article is about the former station in Devon. For other uses, see Ashton railway station (disambiguation).

Ashton
Remnants of Ashton station in 1970
General information
Location	Lower Ashton, Teignbridge England
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Teign Valley Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
9 October 1882	Station opens
9 June 1958	Station closed
Location

The station in 2000

v t e Teign Valley Line
Legend
GWML to London Exeter St Thomas GWML to Penzance Alphington Halt Ide Halt Perridge tunnel Longdown Culver tunnel Dunsford Halt Christow Ashton Trusham Chudleigh Flood Platform Chudleigh Chudleigh Knighton Halt to Moretonhampstead Heathfield (Devon) to Newton Abbot

Ashton railway station was a railway station serving the village of Ashton in Devon, England. It was located on the Teign Valley line.

History

The station was opened on 9 October 1882 as the northern terminus of the Teign Valley Railway when it opened from Heathfield junction on the Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway. ^[1] It became a through station when the line was extended to Christow in 1883. ^[2]

The station had a timber platform and a raised causeway for access when the Teign flooded. ^[3] An engine shed and signal box were located to the south of the station and the goods yard was equipped with a 2 ton crane. ^{[4] [5]}

The station was host to a GWR camp coach from 1934 to 1939. ^[6] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Western Region in 1952. ^[7]

The station closed on 9 June 1958. ^[1]

The site today

The former station is now a private house. ^[8] Part of the goods yard crane remains in an adjacent farmyard.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Christow		Great Western Railway Teign Valley Line		Trusham

References

1. Quick 2022, p. 57.
2. Grant 2017, p. 557.
3. Awdry 1990, p. 47.
4. "Ashton station on OS Six-inch map Devonshire XCI.SE (includes: Ashton; Chudleigh; Doddiscombsleigh; Kenn; Trusham.)". National Library of Scotland. 1887. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
5. The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 28.
6. McRae 1997, p. 31.
7. McRae 1998, p. 95.
8. "Ashton station". Disused Stations.

Bibliography

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies . Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   1-8526-0049-7. OCLC   19514063. CN 8983.
• Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN   978-1-78803-768-6.
• 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.
• Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
• The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. p. 461. ISBN   0-7153-5120-6.

Further reading

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.

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