Kenwith Castle Halt railway station
Kenwith Castle Halt | |
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Map showing the position of Kenwith Castle Halt | |
Location | |
Place | Bideford |
Area | Torridge |
Coordinates | 51°01′27″N 4°14′16″W / 51.0241°N 4.2379°WCoordinates: 51°01′27″N 4°14′16″W / 51.0241°N 4.2379°W |
Grid reference | SS431273 |
Operations | |
Original company | Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway |
Pre-grouping | British Electric Traction |
History | |
20 May 1901[1][2] | Opened |
28 March 1917 | Closed[3] |
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 | |
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The old railway cutting from the site of the halt.
Kenwith Castle Halt was a minor railway station or halt/request stop in North Devon, close to Bideford, serving the nearby castle of that name.[4] It lay 1 mile and 75 chains from Bideford Quay.[5]
History
This was to have been the site of the junction for a line running over ten miles to Clovelly.[6]
Infrastructure
Kenwith Castle Halt had platform or shelter and was sited at an ungated level crossing on the road to the castle; the gates had been removed in 1905.[7] The line ran through a cutting at this point. No sidings or freight facilities were provided.[8][9]
Micro history
In January 1901, the first train, with one carriage, ran from Bideford to Northam carrying a few friends of the Directors.[10]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Abbotsham Road Line and station closed |
Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway | Causeway Line and station closed |
References
Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway | |
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Legend
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- Notes
- Sources
- Baxter, Julia & Jonathan (1980). The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore railway 1901-1917. Pub. Chard. ISBN 0-9507330-1-6.
- Christie, Peter (1995). North Devon History. The Lazarus Press. ISBN 1-898546-08-8.
- Garner, Rod (2008). The Bideford, Westward Ho! & Appledore Railway. Pub. Kestrel Railway Books. ISBN 978-1-905505-09-8.
- Griffith, Roger (1969). The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway. School project and personal communications. Bideford Museum.
- Jenkins, Stanley C. (1993). The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway. Oxford : Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-452-0.
- Stuckey, Douglas (1962). The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway 1901-1917. Pub. West Country Publications.
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