Bideford Quay railway station

Bideford Quay Station
Map showing the position of Causeway Crossing Halt
Location
Place	Bideford
Area	Torridge
Coordinates	51°01′09″N 4°12′16″W / 51.019197°N 4.204331°WCoordinates: 51°01′09″N 4°12′16″W / 51.019197°N 4.204331°W
Grid reference	SS454267
Operations
Original company	Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway
Pre-grouping	British Electric Traction
Platforms	No
History
20 May 1901[1][2]	Opened
28 March 1917	Closed[3]
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Bideford Quay Station was a railway station in Bideford, North Devon; the southern terminus on the Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway, serving the town and passengers from Bideford railway station on the London and South Western Railway. It lay on Bideford Quay where the company offices were situated.

History

The station lay on Bideford Quay and had a siding^[4] and after considerable opposition from the town council a run round loop.^[5] Situated on a public road the rails were not set on standard railway sleepers, running instead on sunken longitudinal timbers.^[6]

Infrastructure

The station had freight facilities consisting of a single siding and a parcels service. A platform was not provided and the first section running towards the Pill Road was a tramway, however the run round loop allowed for locomotives to run round the coaches.

Micro history

In January 1901, the first train, with one carriage, ran from Bideford to Northam carrying a few friends of the Directors.^[7]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Strand Road Line and station closed		Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway		Terminus

References

Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway
Legend Appledore Lovers' Lane Halt Richmond Road Halt Northam Beach Road Westward Ho! Cornborough Abbotsham Road Kenwith Castle Halt Causeway The Lane Halt Locomotive shed Strand Road Halt Bideford Quay Bideford North Devon Railway

Notes

1. Jenkins, Page 44
2. Baxter, Page 8
3. Jenkins, Page 123
4. Lenkins, Page 61
5. Jenkins, Page 55
6. Jenkins, Page 35
7. Baxter, Page 6

Sources

1. Baxter, Julia & Jonathan (1980). The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore railway 1901-1917. Pub. Chard. ISBN 0-9507330-1-6.
2. Christie, Peter (1995). North Devon History. The Lazarus Press. ISBN 1-898546-08-8.
3. Garner, Rod (2008). The Bideford, Westward Ho! & Appledore Railway. Pub. Kestrel Railway Books. ISBN 978-1-905505-09-8.
4. Griffith, Roger (1969). The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway. School project and personal communications. Bideford Museum.
5. Jenkins, Stanley C. (1993). The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway. Oxford : Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-452-0.
6. Stuckey, Douglas (1962). The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway 1901-1917. Pub. West Country Publications.