Watergate Halt | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Watergate Bridge, Torridge |
Country: | England |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | One |
Original: | North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway |
Years: | 20 Sept. 1926[1] |
Events: | Opened |
Years1: | 1 March 1965 |
Events1: | Closed |
Watergate Halt was an intermediate halt on the initially privately run[2] North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway.
"It was one of those moments you always remember – a first glimpse, caught through the dappled sunlight of a woodland glade. Deep within the heart of North Devon, I came across this tiny wayside halt, no longer than a single carriage length."[3]
A remote rural station[4] with one small siding used by a local farmer,[5] it was closed in 1965 and now forms part of the popular Tarka trail, a route for ramblers promoted by the local council.[6]