Loddiswell railway station was a stop on the Kingsbridge branch line of the Great Western Railway.
Loddiswell | |
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.jpg) Loddiswell station building in 2014 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Loddiswell, South Hams England |
| Grid reference | SX730483 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway Western Region of British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 19 December 1893 | Station opened |
| 16 September 1963 | Station closed |
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History
editThe stone-built station opened on the 19 December 1893 when the Great Western Railway (GWR) opened the Kingsbridge branch line.[1] The line was authorised for building in 1882 by the Kingsbridge and Salcombe Railway, which was acquired subsequently by the GWR in 1888.[2]
The station was host to a GWR camp coach from 1934 to 1939; [3][4] another was also positioned here by the Western Region from 1952 to 1957, then two coaches from 1958 to 1961.[5]
The station was downgraded to an unstaffed halt when it closed to freight on 6 February 1961. Despite local opposition, it was closed on 16 September 1963.[1]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gara Bridge | Great Western Railway (Kingsbridge branch line) |
Kingsbridge |
The site today
editThe Signal Box annex was redeveloped as holiday accommodation and opened in 2015.[6] Tours of the station grounds and old platform are provided by the owners by arrangement.
References
editCitations
edit- ^ a b Quick 2022, p. 290.
- ^ Grant 2017, p. 293.
- ^ Fenton 1999, pp. 78–79.
- ^ McRae 1997, p. 31.
- ^ McRae 1998, p. 95.
- ^ "The Signal Box". Loddiswell Station. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
Sources
edit- Fenton, Mike (1999), Camp Coach Holidays on the GWR, Wild Swan, ISBN 1-874103-53-4
- Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
- McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
- McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
- Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
External links
edit- "A GWR Branch Line Station in South Devon". Loddiswell Station. Archived from the original on 8 October 2007.
- "Loddiswell station". Disused stations.
- "Loddiswell station on 1947 OS Map".
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