Yarde Halt railway station explained

Yarde Halt
Status:	Disused
Borough:	East Yarde, Torridge
Country:	England
Grid Name:	Grid reference
Platforms:	One
Original:	North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway
Years:	19 July 1926 ^[1]
Events:	Opened
Years1:	1 March 1965
Events1:	Closed for passengers

Yarde Halt railway station was an intermediate halt on the initially privately run^[2] North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway, opened in 1926 to serve clay works along its route. It was closed to passengers in 1965^[3] and now forms part of the popular^[4] Tarka trail, a route for ramblers promoted by the local council.^[5]

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain

External links

• List of former West Country Halts

50.9099°N -4.148°W

Notes and References

1. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 495
2. Became part of Southern Region of British Railways in 1948 Branch Lines to Torrington Mitchell,V/Smith,K: Midhurst, Middleton Press,1994
3. "Discovering Britain's lost railways" Atterbury,P: Basingstoke, AA Publishing
4. http://chrissy2sheds.blogspot.com/2005_04_01_archive.html Ramblers reminiscences
5. http://www.eastdevon.gov.uk/go.htm?letter=C&cat=Country%20walks East Devon Council