Watergate Halt railway station

Watergate Halt
Watergate Halt
General information
Location	Watergate Bridge, Torridge England
Grid reference	SS468176
Platforms	One
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway
Post-grouping	North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
20 Sept. 1926 [1]	Opened
1 March 1965	Closed
Location

Watergate Halt was an intermediate halt on the initially privately run ^[2] North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway.

Watergate Halt in 1969 looking away from Torrington

"It was one of those moments you always remember – a first glimpse, caught through the dappled sunlight of a woodland glade. Deep within the heart of North Devon, I came across this tiny wayside halt, no longer than a single carriage length." ^[3]

Watergate Halt in 1969 looking towards Torrington

A remote rural station ^[4] with one small siding used by a local farmer, ^[5] it was closed in 1965 and now forms part of the popular Tarka trail, a route for ramblers promoted by the local council. ^[6]

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain

References

1. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 468
2. 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
3. Ian Pringle Memories of the Barnstaple to Torrington and Halwill Junction Line (VHS Video-Stock Code: BL267D)
4. Backtrack Vol 19(2005) The North Devon & Cornwall Junction Railway. Walter Rothschild
5. "Miscellaneous Southern Artefacts". Southern Railway E-mail Group. 5 March 2004.
6. East Devon Council

External links

• List of former West Country Halts
• Last ever train

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Torrington		North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway (1925 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1965)		Yarde Halt

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