Abbotsham Road railway station explained

Abbotsham Road
Status:Disused
Borough:Bideford, Torridge
Country:England
Coordinates:51.0273°N -4.2527°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway
Years:20 May 1901
Events:Station opens
Years1:28 March 1917
Events1:Station closes

Abbotsham Road railway station was a small railway station on the independent Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway in the English county of Devon. It lay 2 miles and 50 chains from Bideford Quay.[1]

History

Previously named Mudcott, the station was in open countryside at the Mudcott Road level crossing. It was known as Mudcott Passing Loop until the passenger platforms were brought into use.[2]

Infrastructure

It had a passing loop, two wooden platforms and what appears to have been a ticket office-cum-signal box hut. No freight facilities were provided.[3] The signal box was probably connected by phone to the signal boxes at Bideford Yard and The Causeway.[4]

Christie records that the railway company had built a path to allow volunteers from the local militia in Bideford to walk to their nearby rifle range and that this was "a pretty station in the midst of trees."

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Notes and References

  1. Jenkins, Page 62
  2. Jenkins, Page 44
  3. Jenkins, Page 42
  4. Jenkins, Page 91