Avonwick railway station

Avonwick
The site of the station in 2010
General information
Location	Avonwick, South Hams England
Grid reference	SX718575
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
19 December 1893	Station opened
16 September 1963	Station closed
Location

v t e Kingsbridge Branch
Legend
Brent (  Plymouth  –  Totnes  ) Avonwick Gara Bridge Loddiswell Kingsbridge Proposed extension to Salcombe (not constructed)

Avonwick railway station was a stop on the Kingsbridge branch line, which served the village of Avonwick in Devon, England.

History

Avonwick station opened on 19 December 1893, when the Great Western Railway (GWR) opened the Kingsbridge branch line. ^[1] The line had been authorised for building in 1882 by the Kingsbridge and Salcombe Railway, which was acquired subsequently by the GWR in 1888. ^[2]

It was host to a GWR camp coach from 1934 to 1939; ^{[3] [4]} a camping coach was also positioned here by the Western Region from 1952 to 1954. ^[5]

The station closed on 16 September 1963. ^[1]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Brent		Great Western Railway (Kingsbridge branch line)		Gara Bridge

The site today

The station is now a private home, with the platform canopy adapted as a conservatory. ^[6]

References

1. Quick 2022, p. 60.
2. Grant 2017, p. 293.
3. McRae 1997, p. 31.
4. Fenton 1999, p. 23.
5. McRae 1998, p. 95.
6. Catford, Nick (30 January 2022). "Station name: Avonwick". Disused Stations. Retrieved 18 August 2024.

Bibliography

• Fenton, Mike (1999), Camp Coach Holidays on the G.W.R, Wild Swan, ISBN   1-874103-53-4
• 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.

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.

External links

• Avonwick station on navigable 1947 O. S. map

50°24′14″N3°48′18″W / 50.40375°N 3.80511°W / 50.40375; -3.80511