- Morebath railway station
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Morebath railway station Morebath station building in 2007 Location Place Morebath Area Devon Coordinates 51°00′36″N 3°27′40″W / 51.010°N 3.461°WCoordinates: 51°00′36″N 3°27′40″W / 51.010°N 3.461°W Operations Original company Devon and Somerset Railway Platforms 2 History 1 November 1873 Station opened 3 October 1966 Station closed Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–ZMorebath railway station was on the Devon and Somerset Railway line between Taunton and Barnstaple. The station opened when the line was extended westwards from Wiveliscombe in 1873.
Morebath station was two miles east of the village of Morebath and three miles north-east of Bampton. It was for a time called "Morebath and Bampton" but in 1884 Bampton's own station opened on the Tiverton and North Devon Railway, which the next year became part of the Exe Valley Railway with through services between Dulverton and Exeter.
Morebath station was east of the junction of the Devon and Somerset and the Exe Valley lines; in 1928, a small halt station, Morebath Junction, was opened at the junction and served by trains on both lines. Morebath Junction was much nearer to Morebath village, but had no road or footpath access.
Morebath station had a loop line on the mostly single track railway. This was taken out in 1963 and the line as a whole closed to passenger services in 1966. The buildings survive in residential use.
Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station Venn Cross
Line and station closedDevon and Somerset Railway
Great Western RailwayMorebath Junction
Line and station closedReferences
- Devon Railway Stations, by Mike Oakley, Dovecote Press, Wimborne, 2007, ISBN 1-904-34955-6
Categories:- Disused railway stations in Devon
- Railway stations opened in 1873
- Railway stations closed in 1966
- Beeching closures in England
- South West England railway station stubs
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