Avonwick railway station

Avonwick
General information
Location	South Hams
Platforms	1
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
19 December 1893	Station opened
16 September 1963	Station closed

Kingsbridge Branch
Brent ( Plymouth – Totnes ) Avonwick Gara Bridge Loddiswell Kingsbridge Proposed extension to Salcombe (not constructed)

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

Originally planned by the Kingsbridge and Salcombe Railway, the station was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway before opening and this in turn was nationalised into British Railways on 1 January 1948. The station was closed by them.

The station is now a home with the platform canopy adapted as a conservatory. [1]

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

Further reading

• 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.

External links

• Avonwick station on navigable 1947 O. S. map
• Avonwick Station at Sub Brit