Watergate Halt railway station

Watergate Halt railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Watergate Halt Halt


caption = Watergate Halt Halt
gridref = SS465175
manager = North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway (1925 to 1948)
owner = Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966) [Private, not grouped in 1923.]
locale = Watergate Bridge
borough = East Devon
platforms = One
years = 27 July 1925
events = Opened
years1 = 1 March 1966
events1 = Closed

"This article is about a closed rural railway station, not the break-in at the eponymous hotel during the 1972 U.S Presidential election campaign."

"It was one of those moments you always remember - a first glimpse, caught through the dappled sunlight of a woodland glade. Deep within the heart of North Devon, I came across this tiny wayside halt, no longer than a single carriage length." [ Ian Pringle Memories of the Barnstaple to Torrington and Halwill Junction Line (VHS Video-Stock Code: BL267D)]
Watergate Halt Halt was an intermediate halt on the initially privately run [Became part of Southern Region of British Railways in 1948 Branch Lines to Torrington Mitchell,V/Smith,K: Midhurst, Middleton Press,1994 ISBN 1873793375] North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway. A remote rural station [Backtrack Vol 19(2005) The North Devon & Cornwall Junction Railway. Walter Rothschild] with one small siding used by a local farmer [ [http://www.semgonline.com/artefacts/arte12.html Southern E-group] ] , it was closed in 1966 and now forms part of the popular Tarka trail, a route for ramblers promoted by the local council [ [http://www.eastdevon.gov.uk/go.htm?letter=C&cat=Country%20walks East Devon Council] ] . Occasionally, railway memorabilia connected with the station surfaces [ [http://www.paddingtonticketauctions.co.uk/t33/cat.html See Lot 102] ] .

References

See also

*List of closed railway stations in Britain
* [http://www.trainweb.org/railwest/railco/br/halts.html List of former West Country Halts]
* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/102997 Last ever train]


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