Maddaford Moor Halt railway station
Maddaford Moor Halt | |
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General information | |
Location | Thorndon Cross, West Devon England |
Grid reference | SX5318894038 |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Southern Railway |
Post-grouping |
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Key dates | |
26 July 1926[1] | Opened |
3 October 1966[1] | Closed |
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Maddaford Moor Halt was a railway station on the
The station had been proposed for closure in the
History
The LSWR's branch line from
The Station
The line here was single tracked without any sidings, however a signal box with a passing loop had been located here from 1899 to 1921.[4] The single concrete edged platform had a small wooden shelter.
Services
Passenger services were never very frequent. The pattern of services changed after the handover of the line to the Western Region of British Railways from 1 January 1963 when services became more local and the through-coaches to Waterloo were discontinued.[6] Bude had a local shuttle service to and from Okehampton for the final months of its existence.[6]
The Station today
In 2004 the platform still stood at the station site.[3] A bridleway now occupies the course of the old line and the remains of the railway station are still discernible.[7]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Okehampton | Bude Branch
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Ashbury |
References
- Notes
- Sources
- 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.
- Mitchell, David (2006). British Railways Past and Present - North and West Devon. Kettering: Past and Present Publishing. ISBN 1-85895-245-X.
- Pryer, G.A.; Bowring, G.J. (1980). An Historical Survey of Selected Southern Stations: Volume One. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 0-86093-016-5.