South Molton railway station
- South Molton railway station
South Molton railway station served the town of South Molton in Devon, England. The station was on the Devon and Somerset Railway that ran between Taunton and Barnstaple. The Devon and Somerset was operated by the Bristol and Exeter Railway and was taken over with the B&E by the Great Western Railway. The station was about a mile to the north of the town.
The section of the line between Wiveliscombe and Barnstaple opened on 1 November 1873. South Molton station was one of three passing places on the original line (the others were Wiveliscombe and Dulverton). The station had a large building on the down platform (towards Barnstaple) comprising a station master's house and waiting rooms, a booking hall and offices. The up platform had only a small wooden shelter and there was no footbridge. There was also a goods yard to the west of the station, with a goods shed and large cranes.
Goods traffic was withdrawn from South Molton in 1964 and the station closed to passenger traffic with the closure of the Devon and Somerset line on 3 October 1966. The station building survived until 2003 but was then demolished. The railway route forms part of the North Devon Link Road. The former goods shed is in industrial use.
South Molton was also served by a station eight miles from the town on the North Devon Railway from Exeter to Barnstaple, now called the Tarka Line. This station was opened in 1854 as South Molton Road, but has been called King's Nympton since 1951 and remains open for limited passenger services.
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References
* Devon Railway stations, Mike Oakley, Dovecote Press, Wimborne, 2007. ISBN 1 904349 55 6
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