Ashton | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Lower Ashton, Teignbridge |
Country: | England |
Platforms: | 1 |
Original: | Teign Valley Railway |
Pregroup: | Great Western Railway |
Postgroup: | Great Western Railway |
Years: | 9 October 1882 |
Events: | Station opens |
Years1: | 9 June 1958 |
Events1: | Station closed |
Ashton railway station was a railway station serving the village of Ashton in Devon, England. It was located on the Teign Valley line.
The station was opened on 9 October 1882 as the northern terminus of the Teign Valley Railway when it opened from Heathfield junction on the Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway. It became a through station when the line was extended to in 1883.
The station had a timber platform and a raised causeway for access when the Teign flooded. An engine shed and signal box were located to the south of the station and the goods yard was equipped with a 2 ton crane.[1]
The station was host to a GWR camp coach from 1934 to 1939. A camping coach was also positioned here by the Western Region in 1952.
The station closed on 9 June 1958.
The former station is now a private house.[2] Part of the goods yard crane remains in an adjacent farmyard.