Abbotsham Road
The route and site of the station
General information
LocationBideford, Torridge
England
Coordinates51°1′38.4″N 4°15′9.6″W / 51.027333°N 4.252667°W / 51.027333; -4.252667
Grid referenceSS421277
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway
Key dates
20 May 1901Station opens
28 March 1917Station closes
Abbotsham Road station, looking towards Westward Ho!, circa 1908

Abbotsham Road railway station was a small railway station on the independent Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway in the English county of Devon. It lay 2 miles and 50 chains from Bideford Quay.[1]

History

Previously named Mudcott, the station was in open countryside at the Mudcott Road level crossing. It was known as Mudcott Passing Loop until the passenger platforms were brought into use.[2]

Infrastructure

It had a passing loop, two wooden platforms and what appears to have been a ticket office-cum-signal box hut. No freight facilities were provided.[3] The signal box was probably connected by phone to the signal boxes at Bideford Yard and The Causeway.[4]

Christie records that the railway company had built a path to allow volunteers from the local militia in Bideford to walk to their nearby rifle range and that this was "a pretty station in the midst of trees."

See also

References

  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  • Christie, P. (1995). North Devon History. The Lazarus Press. ISBN 1-898546-08-8.
  • Jenkins, Stanley C. (1993). The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway. Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-452-0.
  • Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Cornborough
Line and station closed		   Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway
British Electric Traction		   Kenwith Castle Halt
Line and station closed

Sources

Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway
 Appledore
 Lovers' Lane Halt
 Richmond Road Halt
 Northam
 Beach Road
 Westward Ho!
 Cornborough
 Abbotsham Road
 Kenwith Castle Halt
 Causeway
 The Lane Halt
Locomotive shed
Strand Road Halt
 Bideford Quay
 Bideford
North Devon Railway
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  1. ↑ Jenkins, Page 62
  2. ↑ Jenkins, Page 44
  3. ↑ Jenkins, Page 42
  4. ↑ Jenkins, Page 91


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