Combpyne railway station

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Combpyne
Location Lyme Regis, East Devon
England
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Axminster and Lyme Regis Railway
Pre-grouping London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
Key dates
24 August 1903Station opens
29 November 1965Station closes

Combpyne railway station was the intermediate station on the Lyme Regis branch line in East Devon, England. Serving the village of Combpyne, it was sited high on the sharp bend that changed the course of the line from south to an easterly direction.

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History

Opened on 24 August 1903 by the Axminster and Lyme Regis Railway, [1] which was authorised under the Light Railways Act 1896, it was operated from the start by the London and South Western Railway then by the Southern Railway. The line then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. A camping coach was positioned here by the Southern Region from 1954 to 1963. [2] The line was transferred to the Western Region of British Railways in January 1963. It was then closed by the British Railways Board on 29 November 1965. [1]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Axminster
Line closed, station open
  Western Region of British Railways
Lyme Regis branch line
  Lyme Regis
Line and station closed

Buildings

A station consisted of a single short platform with a station house on a nearby road.

The site today

The former station house still exists.

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References

  1. 1 2 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 67. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.
  2. McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. pp. 59 & 64. ISBN   1-870119-53-3.

Further reading

Coordinates: 50°43′33″N2°59′34″W / 50.7259°N 2.9927°W / 50.7259; -2.9927