Ashbury railway station

This article is about the former LSWR station in Devon. For the similarly named station in Manchester, see Ashburys railway station. For the closed station in Evanston, Illinois, see Asbury station.

Ashbury
General information
Location	Ashbury, West Devon England
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and South Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
20 January 1879	Station opens as Ashbury
April 1890	Station renamed Ashbury and North Lew
by 4 July 1937	Station renamed Ashbury for North Lew
BR	Station renamed Ashbury
3 October 1966	Station closed

Ashbury railway station was located on the Okehampton–Bude line 3¾ miles east of Halwill Junction, and served the hamlet of Ashbury and the village of Northlew in the English county of Devon.

History

Opened by the London and South Western Railway, the station was absorbed by the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, In 1948 with nationalisation the station then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways and later Western Region of British Railways. The station was subsequently closed by the British Railways Board.

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Station on navigable O. S. map

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Maddaford Moor Halt		Southern Railway London and South Western Railway		Halwill Junction