Gara Bridge railway station

Gara Bridge railway station was a station on the Kingsbridge branch of the GWR.

Gara Bridge
Remains of the station (1995)
Location
PlaceCurtisknowle
AreaSouth Hams
Grid referenceSX730534
Operations
Original companyKingsbridge and Salcombe Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Western Region of British Railways
Platforms2
History
19 December 1893Station opens
16 September 1963Station 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

History

The station opened on the 19 December 1893 when the Great Western Railway(GWR) opened the Kingsbridge branch line.[1] The line had been planned, and authorised in 1882, by the Kingsbridge and Salcombe Railway which was subsequently acquired by the GWR in 1888.[2]

The stone built station was the only one on the line to have a passing loop.[3][4]


The station was host to a GWR camp coach from 1934 to 1939.[4][5] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Western Region in 1956 and 1957 then two coaches from 1958 to 1962.[6]

The station closed on 16 September 1963.[7]

Despite a great deal of local opposition station was closed for freight and passengers on 16 September 1963, and is now a private dwelling.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Avonwick   Great Western Railway
Kingsbridge branch line
  Loddiswell
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References
  1. Quick 2019, p. 180.
  2. Grant 2017, p. 293.
  3. "Gara Bridge station on OS Six-inch map Devon CXXVI.10 (Diptford; Loddiswell; Moreleigh; North Huish; Woodleigh)". National Library of Scotland. 1906. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  4. Fenton 1999, p. 123.
  5. McRae 1997, p. 31.
  6. McRae 1998, pp. 82-83 & 95.
  7. Quick 2019, p. 55.

Bibliography
  • Fenton, Mike (1999), Camp Coach Holidays on the G.W.R, Wild Swan, ISBN 1-874103-53-4
  • Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
  • McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  • McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
  • Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway and Canal Historical Society.


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