Ashbury railway station

This article is about the former LSWR station in Devon. For the similarly named station in Manchester, see Ashburys railway station.
Ashbury
Location
Place Ashbury
Area West Devon
Operations
Original company London and South Western Railway
Pre-grouping London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
History
20 January 1879 Station opens as Ashbury
April 1890 Station renamed Ashbury and North Lew
by 4 July 1937 Station renamed Ashbury for North Lew
BR Station renamed Ashbury
3 October 1966 Station closed
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Ashbury railway station was located on the Okehampton to Bude Line 3¾ miles east of Halwill Junction, and served the hamlet of Ashbury and the village of Northlew in the English county of Devon.

History

Opened by the London and South Western Railway, the station was absorbed by the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, In 1948 with nationalisation the station then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways and later Western Region of British Railways. The station was subsequently closed by the British Railways Board.

The site today


References

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Maddaford Moor Halt   Southern Railway
London and South Western Railway
  Halwill Junction

Coordinates: 50°44′47″N 04°09′04″W / 50.74639°N 4.15111°W / 50.74639; -4.15111

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