Abbotsham Road railway station

Abbotsham Road
Location
Place	Bideford
Area	Torridge
Operations
Original company	Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway
Platforms	2
History
May 20, 1901	Station opens
March 28, 1917	Station closes
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–Z

Abbotsham Road station, looking towards Westward Ho!, circa 1908.

Abbotsham Road railway station was a small railway station on the independent Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway in the English county of Devon. Previously named Mudcott, the station was in open countryside at the Mudcott Road level crossing. It had a passing loop, two wooden platforms and what appears to have been a ticket office come signal box hut.

Christie records that the railway company had built a path to allow volunteers from the local militia in Bideford to walk to their nearby rifle range and that this was a "a pretty station in the midst of trees."

See also

• Appledore station
• Northam station
• Westward Ho! railway station

References

• R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd.  ISBN 1-85260-508-1

• P.Christie, (1995). North Devon History. The Lazarus Press.  ISBN 1-898546-08-8

• A. Jowett, (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing.  ISBN 0-906899-99-0

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Kenwith Castle Halt		Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway British Electric Traction		Cornborough Cliffs Halt

Sources

Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway
Legend Appledore Lovers Lane Halt Richmond Road Halt Northam Beach Road Halt Westward Ho! Cornborough Cliffs Halt Abbotsham Road Kenwith Castle Halt Causeway Crossing The Lane Halt Bideford Strand Halt 0,0 Bideford Quay Bideford North Devon Railway

Outline history of the railway [1]