Ashburton railway station
| Ashburton | |
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Ashburton in 1969 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Ashburton |
| Area | Teignbridge |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 1872 | Station opened |
| 1958 | Closed to passenger trains |
| 1962 | Closed to all trains |
| 1969 | Reopened by Dart Valley Railway |
| 1971 | Station finally closed |
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Ashburton railway station is a closed railway station situated in the town of Ashburton in Devon, England. It was the terminus of a branch line from Totnes.
History
Ashburton station, along with the rest of the branch from Totnes, was opened by the Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway on 1 May 1872. 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 in November 1958 although goods traffic on the line continued until 7 September 1962.
The station was briefly re-opened by the Dart Valley Railway, a heritage railway, on 5 April 1969 following which occasional works trains operated but the station was closed finally in 1971 when the track bed between Ashburton and Buckfastleigh was needed for improvements to the A38 road. The South Devon Railway, a successor to the Dart Valley Railway, still operates the remainder of the branch between Totnes and Buckfastleigh.
The site today
The station buildings with the important overall roof and the nearby goods shed both still stand as reminders of the town's railway past.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckfastleigh | Great Western Railway Ashburton branch railway |
Terminus | ||
Further reading
- Paul Karau, (1977). Great Western Branch Line Termini Combined edition. Oxford Publishing Company and Paul Karau. ISBN 0-86093-369-5
- 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.
External links
Coordinates: 50°30′50″N 3°45′14″W / 50.51376°N 3.75390°W