Chudleigh railway station

Chudleigh
General information
Location	Chudleigh, Teignbridge England
Grid reference	SX858784
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
9 October 1882	Opened
9 June 1958	Closed to passengers
4 December 1967	Closed to goods traffic.
Location

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

Chudleigh railway station was a railway station in Chudleigh, a small town in Devon, England located between the towns of Newton Abbot and Exeter.

The station opened on 9 October 1882 and was met with high expectations. ^[1] It had one platform, which served the Teign Valley Line. There was a wooden building situated on the Chudleigh side of the line: the River Teign was on the other side. There was a goods siding next to the station. The station was host to a GWR camp coach in 1939. ^[2] A camping coach was positioned here by the Western Region from 1956 to 1958. ^[3]

The station was busy at peak hours, with commuters using it to travel to Exeter. Chudleigh town centre was over a mile away up the hill.

The station closed to passengers on 9 June 1958 when passenger trains were withdrawn from the Teign Valley Line, and goods facilities were withdrawn on 4 December 1967, although for the last two years only coal traffic was handled here. ^{[1] [4]} The station was later demolished and the A38 road took its place a few years later.

The Chudleigh Flood Platform was a wooden structure on higher ground on the line towards Trusham that was used when Chudleigh station was flooded, this being a regular seasonal occurrence.

The only trace of the station is when leaving Chudleigh towards Newton Abbot, the dual carriageway junction is called "Chudleigh Station". The bridge remains in place just after the river bridge.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Chudleigh Knighton Halt		Heathfield to Exeter St Davids Great Western Railway		Trusham

References

Notes

1. Butt 1995, p. 61.
2. McRae 1997, p. 31.
3. McRae 1998, pp. 85 & 95.
4. Oakley 2007.

Sources

• 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.
• 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.
• Oakley, Mike (2007). Devon Railway Stations. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press. ISBN   978-1-904349-55-6.

Further reading

• Chudleigh now and then (1996)
• The Teign Valley Line (1984)

External links

• Disused Stations http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/c/chudleigh/index.shtml

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