Hole railway station

Hole
Track approaching former station
Location
Place	Just south west of the village of Highampton
Area	Torridge
Grid reference	SS469035
Operations
Pre-grouping	North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway (1925 to 1948)
Post-grouping	Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1965)
Platforms	One
History
27 July 1925	Opened
1 March 1965	Closed
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Remains of the station in 1995

Hole Railway Station^[1] was a small halt on the North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway between Torrington and Halwill Junction, serving villages such as Black Torrington, Highampton and Sheepwash. The line, which opened in 1925, was a private line until it became part of the Southern Region of British Railways ^[2] in 1948. The line closed in 1965^[3] as part of the Beeching proposals, freight services having been withdrawn earlier on this section of the line.

References

1. Map of Station’s position
2. V. Mitchell and K. Smith. Branch Lines to Torrington (1994 ed.). Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-37-5.
3. Atterbury, P. Discovering Britain's lost railways. Basingstoke: AA Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7495-6370-7.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Hatherleigh		North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway (1925 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1965)		Halwill

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain
• The Colonel Stephens Society

Coordinates: 50°48′39″N 4°10′31″W / 50.8107°N 4.1753°W