Abbotsham Road railway station

Abbotsham Road
Abbotsham Road
	The route and site of the station
Location
Place	Bideford
Area	Torridge
Coordinates	51.027333°N 4.252667°W
Grid reference	SS421277
Operations
Original company	Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway
Platforms	2
History
20 May 1901	Station opens
28 March 1917	Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
	Closed railway stations in Britain; A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

Abbotsham Road railway station was a small railway station on the independent Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway in the English county of Devon. It lay 2 miles and 50 chains from Bideford Quay.[1]

Abbotsham Road station, looking towards Westward Ho!, circa 1908

History

Previously named Mudcott, the station was in open countryside at the Mudcott Road level crossing. It was known as Mudcott Passing Loop until the passenger platforms were brought into use.[2]

Infrastructure

It had a passing loop, two wooden platforms and what appears to have been a ticket office come signal box hut. No freight facilities were provided.[3] The signal box was probably connected by phone to the signal boxes at Bideford Yard and The Causeway.[4]

Christie records that the railway company had built a path to allow volunteers from the local militia in Bideford to walk to their nearby rifle range and that this was "a pretty station in the midst of trees."

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References

Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
Christie, P. (1995). North Devon History. The Lazarus Press. ISBN 1-898546-08-8.
Jenkins, Stanley C. (1993). The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway. Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-452-0.
Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Cornborough Line and station closed		Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway British Electric Traction		Kenwith Castle Halt Line and station closed

Sources

Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway

Appledore

Northam

Locomotive shed

Strand Road Halt

Bideford Quay

Bideford

North Devon Railway

Jenkins, Page 62
Jenkins, Page 44
Jenkins, Page 42
Jenkins, Page 91

External links

Outline history of the railway

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[1] Jenkins, Page 62

[2] Jenkins, Page 44

[3] Jenkins, Page 42

[4] Jenkins, Page 91