Lustleigh railway station

Lustleigh
Lustleigh station in 1969
Location
Place	Lustleigh
Area	Teignbridge
Grid reference	SX786814
Operations
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	1
History
4 July 1866	Opened[1]
2 March 1959	Closed to passengers[1]
1964	Line closed to goods traffic
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Lustleigh station in 1912 with a train for Moretonhampstead.

Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway
Legend Moretonhampstead A382 road Lustleigh Hawkmoor Halt later renamed Pullabrook Bovey Brimley Halt Teign Valley Line Heathfield (Devon) A38 road Teigngrace Halt Exeter Road GWML to London Newton Abbot GWML to Penzance

Lustleigh station^[1] was on the Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway serving the village of Lustleigh, Devon, England.

Lustleigh was the penultimate station on this 12.3 mile (20 km) branchline off the South Devon Main Line. It had a single platform and one siding.^[2] The platform survives and the station building has been greatly enlarged.

The Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway company was formed in 1861, and work on the line commenced in 1863. The line opened to the public in 1866 and converted from broad gauge to standard gauge in 1892.

The station closed to passengers on 28 February 1959, with goods trains continuing until 1964. The station was used on 28 February 1931 ^[3] for the film The Hound of the Baskervilles, its name being temporarily changed to Baskerville.^[4][5]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Pullabrook Halt		Newton Abbot to Moretonhampstead Great Western Railway		Moretonhampstead

References

Notes

1. Butt, Page 151
2. Old Maps Retrieved : 2012-10-06
3. Railway Magazine No.407 May 1931 P.418
4. Railway Magazine no. 407 May 1931 P.412
5. Ewan, Page 43

Sources

• Beck, Keith; Copsey, John (1990). The Great Western in South Devon. Didcot: Wild Swan Publications. ISBN 0-906867-90-8.
• Butt, R (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.
• Ewan, M (1964). The Haytor Granite Tramway & Stover Canal. Newton Abbot: David & Charles.
• Jenkins, S C; Pomroy, L J (1989). The Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway. Oxford: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-389-3.

Coordinates: 50°37′12″N 3°43′00″W / 50.6200°N 3.71674°W