Dunsbear Halt railway station

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Dunsbear Halt
Dunsbear holt railway station.jpg
Dunsbear Halt
LocationColehouse Farm, Torridge
England
Grid reference SS503134
PlatformsOne
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
27 July 1925Opened
1 March 1965 [1] Closed
Dunsbear on 18/06/69. Dunsbear Halt station , South Devon, 1969.jpg
Dunsbear on 18/06/69.

Dunsbear Halt was a relatively well-used halt [2] on the initially privately run [3] North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway. Opened in 1925 and closed to passenger traffic 40 years later in 1965. [4] The line remained open for freight between Barnstaple railway station and Meeth until 1982. [5] Today it forms part of the popular Tarka trail, and has recently been renovated by conservation volunteers. [6]

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References

  1. Part of Beeching closures [ permanent dead link ]
  2. Photographer’s research
  3. Became part of Southern Region of British Railways in 1948 Branch Lines to Torrington Mitchell,V/Smith,K: Midhurst, Middleton Press,1994 ISBN   1-873793-37-5
  4. "Discovering Britain's lost railways" Atterbury,P: Basingstoke, AA Publishing ISBN   978-0-7495-6370-7
  5. Freight details [ permanent dead link ]
  6. Recent initiatives [ permanent dead link ]
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Yarde Halt   North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway (1925 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1965)
  Petrockstow

See also

Coordinates: 50°54′03″N4°07′45″W / 50.90083°N 4.12917°W / 50.90083; -4.12917