Petrockstow railway station

Petrockstow
Petrockstow
	Site of old station, now start of Tarka Trail
General information
Location	One mile outside Petrockstowe village, Torridge; England
Grid reference	SS516106
Platforms	Two
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway
Post-grouping	North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway; Southern Region of British Railways;
Key dates
1925	Opened for passenger trains
1 March 1965	Closed

Petrockstow railway station^[2] was a station serving the village of Petrockstowe in West Devon, which is about one mile away. The station was, throughout its passenger-carrying life from 1925 to 1965, spelt without the final "e" of the village name.

The railway was originally built as a narrow-gauge freight line to carry ball clay to Torrington from the Marland and Meeth clay pits.^[3] The Torrington and Marland Railway then became the basis of the northern section of the North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway, which opened in 1925 and remained a private line until finally becoming part of the Southern Region of British Railways in 1948.^[4]

A victim of Beeching, the line closed to passengers in 1965^[5] but it remained open for freight trains from the Meeth quarries which passed into the rail network through Barnstaple and Torrington until 1982.^[6]

In 2014 a small group of local railway enthusiast began clearance work at the Station, clearing the platforms and vegetation. It is hoped to partly restore the Station, in conjunction with the owners, Devon County Council.

References

^ The spelling now follows that of the village (Devon County Council)- see also Langston.
^ As spelt by Col Stevens original timetable^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Petrockstowe Station railway premises in Backtrack magazine (Vol 19 p649) Farmer,R November 2005
^ Branch Lines to Torrington Mitchell,V/Smith,K: Midhurst, Middleton Press,1994 ISBN 1-873793-37-5
^ "Discovering Britain's lost railways" Atterbury,P: Basingstoke, AA Publishing ISBN 978-0-7495-6370-7
^ Freight details^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

The Colonel Stephens Society

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Dunsbear Halt Line and station closed		Southern Railway North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway		Meeth Halt Line and station closed

50°52′31″N 4°06′34″W / 50.8753°N 4.1095°W / 50.8753; -4.1095

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[1] The spelling now follows that of the village (Devon County Council)- see also Langston.

[2] As spelt by Col Stevens original timetable^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] Petrockstowe Station railway premises in Backtrack magazine (Vol 19 p649) Farmer,R November 2005

[4] Branch Lines to Torrington Mitchell,V/Smith,K: Midhurst, Middleton Press,1994 ISBN 1-873793-37-5

[5] "Discovering Britain's lost railways" Atterbury,P: Basingstoke, AA Publishing ISBN 978-0-7495-6370-7

[6] Freight details^{[permanent dead link]}

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