Watergate Halt railway station

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Watergate Halt
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Watergate Halt
General information
LocationWatergate Bridge, Torridge
England
Grid reference SS468176
PlatformsOne
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
27 July 1925Opened
1 March 1965Closed

Watergate Halt was an intermediate halt on the initially privately run [1] North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway.

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Watergate Halt in 1969 looking away from Torrington Watergate Halt , South Devon, 1969.jpg
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." [2]

Watergate Halt in 1969 looking towards Torrington Watergate Halt platform , South Devon, 1969.jpg
Watergate Halt in 1969 looking towards Torrington

A remote rural station [3] with one small siding used by a local farmer, [4] it was closed in 1965 and now forms part of the popular Tarka trail, a route for ramblers promoted by the local council. [5]

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References

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

Coordinates: 50°56′16″N4°10′51″W / 50.9377°N 4.1808°W / 50.9377; -4.1808