Ashbury railway station

Ashbury railway station was located on the Okehampton to Bude Line 3¾ miles east of Halwill Junction, and served the hamlet of Ashbury and the village of Northlew in the English county of Devon.

This article is about the former LSWR station in Devon. For the similarly named station in Manchester, see Ashburys railway station. For the closed station in Evanston, illinios, see Asbury station.

Ashbury
General information
LocationAshbury, West Devon
England
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondon and South Western Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and South Western Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Key dates
20 January 1879Station opens as Ashbury
April 1890Station renamed Ashbury and North Lew
by 4 July 1937Station renamed Ashbury for North Lew
BRStation renamed Ashbury
3 October 1966Station closed

History

Opened by the London and South Western Railway, the station was absorbed by the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, In 1948 with nationalisation the station then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways and later Western Region of British Railways. The station was subsequently closed by the British Railways Board.

The site today

References
  • 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.
  • Station on navigable O. S. map
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Maddaford Moor Halt   Southern Railway
London and South Western Railway		   Halwill Junction

50°44′47″N 04°09′04″W

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