Abbotsham Road railway station

Abbotsham Road
Location
Location Bideford
Area Devon
Operations
Original company Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway
Pre-grouping British Electric Traction
Post-grouping Independent
Platforms  ?
History
May 20, 1901 Station opens
March 28, 1917 Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom

Closed railway stations in Britain
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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.

References

  • R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd.  ISBN 1 85260 508 1
  • A. Jowett, (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing.  ISBN 0 906899 99 0


Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Strand Road Halt   Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway
British Electric Traction
  Westward Ho!

Sources

Outline history of the railway [1]