Watergate Halt railway station

Watergate Halt

Watergate Halt
Location
Place Watergate Bridge
Area Torridge
Grid reference SS468176
Operations
Pre-grouping North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway (1925 to 1948)
Post-grouping Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1965)[1]
Platforms One
History
27 July 1925 Opened
1 March 1965 Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Watergate Halt was an intermediate halt on the initially privately run[2] North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway.

Watergate Halt in 1969 looking away from Torrington
"It was one of those moments you always remember – a first glimpse, caught through the dappled sunlight of a woodland glade. Deep within the heart of North Devon, I came across this tiny wayside halt, no longer than a single carriage length."[3]
Watergate Halt in 1969 looking towards Torrington

A remote rural station[4] with one small siding used by a local farmer,[5] it was closed in 1965 and now forms part of the popular Tarka trail, a route for ramblers promoted by the local council.[6]

See also

References

  1. Private, not grouped in 1923.
  2. Became part of Southern Region of British Railways in 1948 Branch Lines to Torrington Mitchell,V/Smith,K: Midhurst, Middleton Press,1994 ISBN 1-873793-37-5
  3. Ian Pringle Memories of the Barnstaple to Torrington and Halwill Junction Line (VHS Video-Stock Code: BL267D)
  4. Backtrack Vol 19(2005) The North Devon & Cornwall Junction Railway. Walter Rothschild
  5. Southern E-group
  6. East Devon Council

External links

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

Coordinates: 50°56′16″N 4°10′51″W / 50.9377°N 4.1808°W / 50.9377; -4.1808


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