Loddiswell railway station

Loddiswell
Loddiswell station building in 2014
General information
Location	Loddiswell, South Hams England
Grid reference	SX730483
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)

Loddiswell railway station was a stop on the Kingsbridge branch line of the Great Western Railway.

History

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

The station was host to a GWR camp coach from 1934 to 1939; ^{[3] [4]} another was also positioned here by the Western Region from 1952 to 1957, then two coaches from 1958 to 1961. ^[5]

The station was downgraded to an unstaffed halt when it closed to freight on 6 February 1961. Despite local opposition, it was closed on 16 September 1963. ^[1]

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

The site today

The Signal Box annex was redeveloped as holiday accommodation and opened in 2015. ^[6] Tours of the station grounds and old platform are provided by the owners by arrangement.

References

Citations

1. Quick 2022, p. 290.
2. Grant 2017, p. 293.
3. Fenton 1999, pp. 78–79.
4. McRae 1997, p. 31.
5. McRae 1998, p. 95.
6. "The Signal Box". Loddiswell Station. Retrieved 5 July 2020.

Sources

• Fenton, Mike (1999), Camp Coach Holidays on the GWR, 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.

External links

• "A GWR Branch Line Station in South Devon". Loddiswell Station. Archived from the original on 8 October 2007.
• "Loddiswell station". Disused stations.
• "Loddiswell station on 1947 OS Map".

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