Devil's Bridge railway station

Devil's Bridge railway station
Devil's Bridge
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Devil's Bridge station, showing the two platforms in use.
Location
Place Devil's Bridge
Area Ceredigion
Operations
Operated by Vale of Rheidol Railway
Platforms 2
History
1902 Station opens
1939-1945 Station closed owing to World War 2
1989 VoR privatised
Stations on heritage railways in the United Kingdom
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Devil's Bridge railway station is a railway station serving Devil's Bridge in Ceredigion in Mid-Wales. It is the eastern terminus of the preserved Vale of Rheidol Railway.

The station has two principal platforms, each with a hard tarmac surface. Platforms on this railway are low-level, as passenger coaches are designed for ground level access, due to the number of intermediate stations without platform surfaces. The two platform lines both terminate in buffer stops, and each has a headshunt forward of bi-directional cross-over points for locomotive release. There is also a lengthy siding accessed from a set of points at the station mouth, and long enough to accommodate a train. In practice it is unusual to see more than one platform in use under the current timetable. However, the sight of a service train and a works train, or even a service train and a specially chartered passenger train at the station is still possible. The lengthy siding still makes possible the sight of three trains in this station simultaneously, and although now highly unusual most historical publications carry photographs of Devil's Bridge station with three trains present, and three locomotives in steam.

The station is equipped with a water tower, and station buildings providing waiting room, booking hall, booking office, and staff room, as well as lavatories. A separate temporary structure in the car park currently serves as a refreshment room and souvenir shop on railway operating days.

Preceding station Heritage Railways  Heritage railways Following station
Rhiwfron   Vale of Rheidol Railway   Terminus

Coordinates: 52°22′35″N 3°51′09″W / 52.37650°N 3.85240°W / 52.37650; -3.85240


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