Avonwick railway station

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Avonwick
The Former Avonwick Station (geograph 2106335).jpg
The site of the station in 2010
LocationAvonwick, South Hams
England
Grid referenceSX718575
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
19 December 1893Station opened
16 September 1963Station closed

Avonwick railway station is a closed railway station situated in the village of Avonwick in Devon, England. It was the first station on the Kingsbridge branch line.

History[]

The station opened on the 19 December 1893 when the Great Western Railway(GWR) opened the Kingsbridge branch line.[1] The line had been planned, and authorised in 1882, by the Kingsbridge and Salcombe Railway which was subsequently acquired by the GWR in 1888.[2]

The station was host to a GWR camp coach from 1934 to 1939.[3][4] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Western Region from 1952 to 1954.[5]

The station closed on 16 September 1963.[1]

The station is now a home with the platform canopy adapted as a conservatory.[6]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Brent   Great Western Railway
Kingsbridge branch line
  Gara Bridge

References[]

  1. ^ a b Quick 2019, p. 55.
  2. ^ Grant 2017, p. 293.
  3. ^ McRae 1997, p. 31.
  4. ^ Fenton 1999, p. 23.
  5. ^ McRae 1998, p. 95.
  6. ^ "Avonwick station". Disused stations. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

Bibliography[]

  • Fenton, Mike (1999), Camp Coach Holidays on the G.W.R, Wild Swan, ISBN 1-874103-53-4
  • 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). 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. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
  • Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway & Canal Historical Society.

Further reading[]

  • Butt, R. V. J. (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.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

External links[]

Coordinates: 50°24′14″N 3°48′18″W / 50.40375°N 3.80511°W / 50.40375; -3.80511


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