Avonwick railway station
Avonwick | |
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![]() The site of the station in 2010 | |
General information | |
Location | Avonwick, South Hams England |
Grid reference | SX718575 |
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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Avonwick railway station is a closed railway station situated in the village of Avonwick in Devon, England. It was the first station on the Kingsbridge branch line.
History
[edit]The station opened on the 19 December 1893 when the Great Western Railway(GWR) opened the Kingsbridge branch line.[1] The line had been planned, and authorised in 1882, by the Kingsbridge and Salcombe Railway which was subsequently acquired by the GWR in 1888.[2]
The station was host to a GWR camp coach from 1934 to 1939.[3][4] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Western Region from 1952 to 1954.[5]
The station closed on 16 September 1963.[1]
The station is now a home with the platform canopy adapted as a conservatory.[6]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Brent | Great Western Railway (Kingsbridge branch line) |
Gara Bridge |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Quick 2022, p. 60.
- ^ Grant 2017, p. 293.
- ^ McRae 1997, p. 31.
- ^ Fenton 1999, p. 23.
- ^ McRae 1998, p. 95.
- ^ "Avonwick station". Disused stations. Retrieved 3 July 2020. ==Services==
Bibliography
[edit]- Fenton, Mike (1999), Camp Coach Holidays on the G.W.R, 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.
Further reading
[edit]- Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
External links
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