Lustleigh railway station

Lustleigh
Lustleigh station in 1912, with a train for Moretonhampstead
General information
Location	Lustleigh, Teignbridge England
Grid reference	SX786814
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
4 July 1866	Opened
2 March 1959 [1]	Closed to passengers
1964 [1]	Line closed to goods traffic
Location

v t e Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway
Legend
Moretonhampstead  A382  Lustleigh Hawkmoor Halt / Pullabrook Halt Bovey Brimley Halt Teign Valley Line Heathfield  A38  Teigngrace Halt Exeter Road GWML to London Newton Abbot GWML to Penzance

Lustleigh station was a stop on the Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway; it served the village of Lustleigh, in Devon, England.

Lustleigh was the penultimate station on this 12.3 mile (20 km) branch line off the South Devon Main Line. It had a single platform and one siding. ^[2]

The Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway company was formed in 1861, and work on the line commenced in 1863. The line opened to the public in 1866; it was converted from broad gauge to standard gauge in 1892.

The station was used on 28 February 1931 for the film The Hound of the Baskervilles ; ^[3] its name changed temporarily to Baskerville. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

The station was host to a GWR camp coach from 1934 to 1939. ^{[7] [8]} A camping coach was also positioned here by the Western Region from 1952 to 1958. ^[9]

The station closed to passengers after the last train on 28 February 1959, with goods trains continuing until 1964.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Pullabrook Halt		Newton Abbot to Moretonhampstead Great Western Railway		Moretonhampstead

The site today

The platform survives and the station building has been greatly enlarged.

References

Citations

1. Butt, Page 151
2. "Lustleigh station on OS 25 inch map Devon C.4 (Bovey Tracey; Lustleigh)". National Library of Scotland. 1905. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
3. Railway Magazine no. 407 May 1931 p.418
4. Railway Magazine no. 407 May 1931 p.412
5. Ewan 1964, p. 43.
6. James, Paul (18 April 1995). "How the movies came to Lustleigh". Herald Express. p. 15.
7. McRae 1997, p. 31.
8. Fenton 1999, p. 51.
9. McRae 1998, p. 95.

Sources

• Butt, R (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   1-8526-0508-1.
• Ewan, M (1964). The Haytor Granite Tramway & Stover Canal. Newton Abbot: David & Charles.
• Fenton, Mike (1999). Camp Coach Holidays on the G.W.R. Wild Swan. pp. 196–197. ISBN   1-874103-53-4.
• 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.

Further reading

• Beck, Keith; Copsey, John (1990). The Great Western in South Devon. Didcot: Wild Swan Publications. ISBN   0-906867-90-8.
• Jenkins, S C; Pomroy, L J (1989). The Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway . Oxford: Oakwood Press. ISBN   0-85361-389-3.

External links

• "Lustleigh station". Disused stations.

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