Alphington Halt railway station
| Alphington | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Alphington |
| Area | Exeter |
| Operations | |
| Line | Teign Valley Line |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 2 April 1928 | Station opens |
| 9 June 1958 | Station closes |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
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Alphington Halt railway station was a small station on the Teign Valley Line, which operated in the South West England county of Devon, diverging from the Great Western Main Line at Exeter. The branch opened in 1882 and closed in 1961.
History
Alphington Halt had a 100ft long wooden platform with a flat roofed corrugated shelter located on the eastern side of the single track line with no sidings or passing loop.
Opened by the Great Western Railway, it stayed part of that railway company during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
The station was then closed in June 1958 by the British Transport Commission.
The site today
All that remains in the area of the Halt are the stone foundations of the bridge that once carried the line over Church Road, and the railway embankment which can be followed as far as the end of Ide Lane, where it was destroyed by the building of the A30 dual carriageway. The trackbed re-emerges west of the site of Ide station a little further down the line.
The site has been developed as residential property, modishly called "the halt at alphington".
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exeter St Thomas | Great Western Railway Teign Valley Line |
Ide Halt | ||
References
- Butt, R. V. J. (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. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Station on navigable O.S. map
External links
- "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica.
Coordinates: 50°42′13″N 3°32′16″W / 50.70373°N 3.53790°W