Strand Road Halt railway station

Strand Road Halt
Map showing the position of Causeway Crossing Halt
Location
Place	Bideford
Area	Torridge
Coordinates	51°01′15″N 4°12′26″W / 51.020876°N 4.207313°WCoordinates: 51°01′15″N 4°12′26″W / 51.020876°N 4.207313°W
Grid reference	SS452269
Operations
Original company	Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway
Pre-grouping	British Electric Traction
History
20 May 1901	Opened[1][2]
28 March 1917	Closed[3]
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Strand Road Halt was a minor railway station or halt/request stop in North Devon, England, close to Bideford, on the Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway, serving the outskirts of the town.^[4] It lay 0 mile and 32 chains from Bideford Quay.^[5]

History

The halt lay close to the "Yard" with its sidings, carriage shed and engine shed.^[6] The name was often shortened to The Strand.^[5]

Infrastructure

The halt had no freight facilities. A platform does not appear to have been provided and as a request stop passengers had to clearly indicate that the train should halt.^[7] A single storey signal box was present with home semaphore signals.^[6]

Micro history

Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway
Legend Appledore Lovers' Lane Halt Richmond Road Halt Northam Beach Road Westward Ho! Cornborough Abbotsham Road Kenwith Castle Halt Causeway The Lane Halt Locomotive shed Strand Road Halt Bideford Quay Bideford North Devon Railway

In January 1901, the first train, with one carriage, ran from Bideford to Northam carrying a few friends of the Directors.^[8]

The fare from Bideford Quay to The Strand Halt was 1d.^[9]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
The Lane Line and station closed		Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway		Bideford Quay Line and station closed

See also

• Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway

References

1. Jenkins 1993, p. 44.
2. Baxter & Baxter 1980, p. 8.
3. Jenkins 1993, p. 123.
4. Jenkins 1993, p. 110.
5. Jenkins 1993, p. 62.
6. Baxter & Baxter 1980, p. 34.
7. Jenkins 1993, p. 89.
8. Baxter & Baxter 1980, p. 6.
9. Jenkins 1993, p. 79.

Bibliography

• Baxter, Julia; Baxter, Jonathan (1980). The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway 1901–1917. H J Chard & Sons. 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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