Gara Bridge
Remains of the station (1995)
General information
LocationCurtisknowle, South Hams
England
Grid referenceSX730534
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
19 December 1893Station opens
16 September 1963Station closes

Gara Bridge railway station was a station on the Kingsbridge branch of the GWR.

History

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 stone built station was the only one on the line to have a passing loop.[3][4]

The station was host to a GWR camp coach from 1934 to 1939.[4][5] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Western Region in 1956 and 1957 then two coaches from 1958 to 1962.[6]

The station closed on 16 September 1963.[1]

Despite a great deal of local opposition station was closed for freight and passengers on 16 September 1963, and is now a private dwelling.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Avonwick   Great Western Railway
Kingsbridge branch line		   Loddiswell

References

  1. 1 2 Quick 2022, p. 201.
  2. ↑ Grant 2017, p. 293.
  3. ↑ "Gara Bridge station on OS Six-inch map Devon CXXVI.10 (Diptford; Loddiswell; Moreleigh; North Huish; Woodleigh)". National Library of Scotland. 1906. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  4. 1 2 Fenton 1999, p. 123.
  5. ↑ McRae 1997, p. 31.
  6. ↑ McRae 1998, pp. 82-83 & 95.

Bibliography

  • 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.

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