North Tawton railway station
North Tawton | |
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1865 | Opened |
5 June 1972 | Closed to passengers |
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North Tawton railway station was a
History
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The station was originally opened by the
Following the publication of the Beeching Report in 1963, the Exeter to Plymouth Line was cut back to Okehampton in 1968.
North Tawton, Bow, Sampford Courtenay and Okehampton lost their regular passenger services from 1972. The line survived, however, for the purposes of freight thanks to the activities of the British Rail ballast quarry at Meldon, three miles from Okehampton, which had an output of 300,000 tons per year. The quarry survived until the 2000s, operated by Aggregate Industries.
Since closure the station building has been converted to a private residence.
Recent developments
The
Subsequently infrastructure ownership transferred to Network Rail and on 20 November 2021 regular passenger services between Exeter and Okehampton resumed, operated by Great Western Railway.[3] Crediton is the only intermediate stop on that service.
The original platforms at North Tawton station are several feet below track level, as the line through the former station site was raised some years ago, to increase the height of the adjacent road bridge when the road was upgraded.
References
- ISBN 978-0711002678.
- Heritage Railwayissue 116 2 October 2008 page 18
- ^ "Trains restart on Dartmoor rail line after 49 years". BBC News. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.