Marland Works railway station
Marland Works | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Torridge |
| Owned by | British Railways |
| Managed by | Torrington and Marland Railway(1881 -1925) North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway (1925 to 1948)[1] |
| Platforms | One |
| Key dates | |
| 1925 | Opened |
| 1965 | Closed |
Marlands Works was a busy industrial site for just over a century,[2] firstly on the Torrington and Marland Railway,[3] built to carry bricks and clay on a three-feet gauge, which in turn was subsumed in 1925 by the North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway[4] before finally becoming part of the Southern Region of British Railways in 1948.[5] The line closed to passenger traffic in 1965[6] as part of the Beeching [7] reforms but the line remained open for freight between Barnstaple railway station and Torrington until 1982.[8] Today it forms part of the popular Tarka trail, although an important site for industrial railway historians[9] too. Marland Works station was used by workmen only and was not in public passenger use.
See also
References
- ^ Private, not grouped in 1923
- ^ History of Clay web-site Photographer’s research
- ^ North Devon Clay Messenger,M: Truro, Twelveheads Press, 1982 ISBN 0-906294-06-1
- ^ "Collation of sources, Devon railways". Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Branch Lines to Torrington Mitchell,V/Smith,K: Midhurst, Middleton Press,1994 ISBN 1-873793-37-5
- ^ "Discovering Britain's lost railways" Atterbury,P: Basingstoke, AA Publishing ISBN 978-0-7495-6370-7
- ^ Detailed closure schedules[permanent dead link]
- ^ Freight details[permanent dead link]
- ^ IR archives Archived 2006-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunsbear | Torrington and Marland Railway (1881-1925) North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway (1925 to 1948) British Railways |
Petrockstow |
External links
50°53′30″N 4°07′53″W / 50.8918°N 4.1315°W
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