Staverton railway station

This article is about the station in Devon. For the similarly named station in Wiltshire, see Staverton Halt railway station.

Staverton
Station on heritage railway
General information
Location	Staverton, South Hams England
Coordinates	50°27′40″N3°42′54″W / 50.46100°N 3.7149°W / 50.46100; -3.7149
Grid reference	SX783637
Operated by	South Devon Railway
Platforms	1
History
Original company	Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1872	Opened
1958	Closed to passengers
1969	Reopened
Location

Staverton railway station is situated on the South Devon Railway, a heritage railway in Devon, England. It serves the village of Staverton.

History

The station was opened by the Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway on 1 May 1872. ^[1] The railway was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway in 1897 and this in turn was nationalised into British Railways on 1 January 1948.

The station closed to passengers on 3 November 1958 although goods traffic continued until 10 September 1962. It was re-opened by the Dart Valley Railway, a heritage railway, on 5 April 1969. ^[1] The South Devon Railway Trust took over the running of the line on 1 January 1991.

Description

There is a single platform on the north side of the line. There is a small brick building which houses the ticket office and two former goods sheds. There is a level crossing at the Totnes end of the station and a small signal box opposite the platform. ^[1]

Services

The station is served by trains on all operating days of the South Devon Railway. Trains operate daily from late March to the end of October. On most days, a single train set operates, providing four journeys a day in each direction. On busy days, two train sets may operate, providing more journeys. ^[2]

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Totnes (Riverside)		South Devon Railway		Buckfastleigh

Film and television

The station has appeared in several films and television programmes.

In the 1950 film Guilt Is My Shadow it was the fictitious 'Welford' station and GWR 1400 Class number 1470 was seen.^{[ citation needed ]} It was again used in 1955 for the film Where There's a Will , the locomotive this time being number 1439.^{[ citation needed ]}

It was used as a location in Five Go Mad in Dorset , the first "The Comic Strip" comedy television series in 1982,^{[ citation needed ]} and in the BBC's 2016 Full Steam Ahead railway history series.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Oakley, Mike (2007). Devon Railway Stations. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press. pp. 180–181. ISBN   978-1-904-34955-6.
2. "Timetables". South Devon Railway Trust. Retrieved 18 January 2011.

External links

• Video footage of Staverton Station