Liddaton Halt railway station

Liddaton Halt
General information
Location	Liddaton, West Devon England
Grid reference	SX465828
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
4 April 1938 [1]	Opened
31 December 1962	Closed to passengers [1]
Location

v t e Launceston Branch Line
Legend
miles North Cornwall Railway to Padstow Launceston Steam Railway 35½ Launceston to Okehampton 30¾ Lifton 27½ Coryton 26¾ Liddaton Halt to Okehampton 23¼ Lydford Brentor (LSWR) 20¾ Mary Tavy and Blackdown Tavistock North (LSWR) 16½ Tavistock South (GWR) LSWR to Devonport 15½ Whitchurch Down Platform Grenofen Tunnel Walkham Viaduct Magpie Viaduct 12½ Horrabridge Yelverton Tunnel 11¾ Yelverton Princetown Railway 10¾ Clearbrook Halt Shaugh Tunnel 8¾ Shaugh Bridge Platform Ham Green Viaduct 7¾ Bickleigh 7¼ Bickleigh Viaduct Riverford Viaduct Cann Viaduct 5¾ Plym Bridge Platform Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway to Lee Moor Marsh Mills (Plym Valley Railway) 4¾ Marsh Mills 3¾ GWR to Exeter Laira TMD Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway to Cattedown Laira Halt to Plymouth Friary and Sutton Harbour   Lipson Vale Halt Mutley Tunnel 1¾ Mutley 0¾ Plymouth North Road Cornwall Railway to Truro Devonport (LSWR) LSWR to Tavistock North 0¾ Plymouth Millbay

Liddaton Halt was a railway station opened in 1938 by the Great Western Railway ^[2] to serve the hamlet of Liddaton that lies between Coryton and Lydford in West Devon, England.

History

The halt was opened at a later date than most of the stations on the line from Plymouth to Launceston which had itself opened in 1865.

Description

The single platform's original construction was an open wooden structure with a small wood built shelter, one oil lamp and a single platform name board. An overbridge lay at the Coryton end of the platform. The track was single with no passing loop or sidings.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Lydford		British Rail Western Region Launceston Branch Line		Coryton

See also

South Devon and Tavistock Railway

References

Notes

1. Butt, Page 142
2. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 264. OCLC   931112387.

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (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   1-85260-508-1. OCLC 60251199.

50°37′31″N4°10′17″W / 50.6254°N 4.1714°W / 50.6254; -4.1714