Caffyns Halt railway station

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Caffyns Halt
Location
Location	Exmoor
Area	North Devon
Grid reference	SS70044739
Operations
Original company	Lynton & Barnstaple
Pre-grouping	LSWR
Post-grouping	Southern
Platforms	1
History
1907	Opened
29 September 1935	Closed
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Caffyns Halt was a halt on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, a famously scenic narrow gauge line that ran through Exmoor from Barnstaple to Lynton and Lynmouth in North Devon. The station served a rural area near the hamlet of Dean, and Caffyns Golf Links. It opened in 1907, and closed on 29 September 1935. From 1923 until closure, the line was operated by the Southern Railway.

The site, now within the confines of the Exmoor National Park is still visible from the Lynton - Blackmoor Gate road, and the isolated arch of a road overbridge is still standing as a reminder of the former line. Although there is little of the station itself remaining, a bridge arch is still in place, and the ruined shell of the golf club house remains about half a mile north of the station.

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Woody Bay		Lynton & Barnstaple Railway (1898-1935)		Lynton & Lynmouth

Coordinates: 51.21088° N 3.86193° W