Watergate Halt railway station explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 468
  2. Became part of Southern Region of British Railways in 1948 Branch Lines to Torrington Mitchell,V/Smith,K: Midhurst, Middleton Press,1994
  3. Ian Pringle Memories of the Barnstaple to Torrington and Halwill Junction Line (VHS Video-Stock Code: BL267D)
  4. Backtrack Vol 19(2005) The North Devon & Cornwall Junction Railway. Walter Rothschild
  5. Web site: Miscellaneous Southern Artefacts . Southern Railway E-mail Group . 5 March 2004 .
  6. http://www.eastdevon.gov.uk/go.htm?letter=C&cat=Country%20walks East Devon Council