Liddaton Halt railway station

Liddaton Halt was a railway station opened in 1938 by the Great Western Railway[2] to serve the hamlet of Liddaton that lies between Coryton and Lydford in West Devon, England.

Liddaton Halt
General information
LocationLiddaton, West Devon
England
Grid referenceSX465828
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
4 April 1938[1]Opened
31 December 1962Closed to passengers[1]
Launceston Branch Line
miles
35½
Launceston
30¾
Lifton
27½
Coryton
26¾
Liddaton Halt
23¼
Lydford
Brentor
20¾
Mary Tavy and Blackdown
Tavistock North
16½
Tavistock South
(GWR)
15½
Whitchurch Down Platform
Grenofen Tunnel
Walkham Viaduct
Magpie Viaduct
12½
Horrabridge
Yelverton Tunnel
11¾
Yelverton
10¾
Clearbrook Halt
Shaugh Tunnel
Shaugh Bridge Platform
Ham Green Viaduct
Bickleigh
Bickleigh Viaduct
Riverford Viaduct
Cann Viaduct
5¾
Plym Bridge Platform
4¾
Marsh Mills
Laira TMD
Laira Halt
Lipson Vale Halt
Mutley Tunnel
1¾
Mutley
Plymouth North Road
Devonport
0¾
Plymouth Millbay

The halt was opened at a later date than most of the stations on the line from Plymouth to Launceston which had itself opened in 1865. The single platform's original construction was an open wooden structure with a small wood built shelter, one oil lamp and a single platform name board. An overbridge lay at the Coryton end of the platform. The track was single with no passing loop or sidings.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Coryton   Plymouth Millbay to Launceston
Great Western Railway
  Lydford

See also

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South Devon and Tavistock Railway

References

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Notes
  1. ^ a b Butt, Page 142
  2. ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 264. OCLC 931112387.
Sources
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. OCLC 60251199.

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