Ashton railway station
Ashton railway station was a railway station serving the village of Ashton in Devon, England. It was located on the Teign Valley line.
Ashton | |
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 Remnants of Ashton station in 1970 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Lower Ashton, Teignbridge England |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Teign Valley Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 9 October 1882 | Station opens |
| 9 June 1958 | Station closed |
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History
The station was opened on 9 October 1882 as the northern terminus of the Teign Valley Railway when it opened from Heathfield junction on the Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway.[1] It became a through station when the line was extended to Christow in 1883.[2]
The station had a timber platform and a raised causeway for access when the Teign flooded.[3] An engine shed and signal box were located to the south of the station and the goods yard was equipped with a 2 ton crane.[4][5]
The station was host to a GWR camp coach from 1934 to 1939.[6] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Western Region in 1952.[7]
The station closed on 9 June 1958.[1]
The site today
The former station is now a private house.[8] Part of the goods yard crane remains in an adjacent farmyard.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christow | Great Western Railway Teign Valley Line |
Trusham |
References
- Quick 2022, p. 57.
- Grant 2017, p. 557.
- Awdry 1990, p. 47.
- "Ashton station on OS Six-inch map Devonshire XCI.SE (includes: Ashton; Chudleigh; Doddiscombsleigh; Kenn; Trusham.)". National Library of Scotland. 1887. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 28.
- McRae 1997, p. 31.
- McRae 1998, p. 95.
- "Ashton station". Disused Stations.
Bibliography
- Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
- 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.
- The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. p. 461. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.
Further reading
- 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.