Watergate Halt railway station

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Watergate Halt Halt
Watergate Halt Halt
Location
Location Watergate Bridge
Area East Devon
Grid reference SS465175
Operations
Pre-grouping North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway (1925 to 1948)
Post-grouping Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966)[1]
Platforms One
History
27 July 1925 Opened
1 March 1966 Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom

Closed railway stations in Britain
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This article is about a closed rural railway station, not the break-in at the eponymous hotel during the 1972 U.S Presidential election campaign.

"It was one of those moments you always remember - a first glimpse, caught through the dappled sunlight of a woodland glade. Deep within the heart of North Devon, I came across this tiny wayside halt, no longer than a single carriage length."[2]

Watergate Halt in 1969 looking towards Torrington.
Watergate Halt in 1969 looking towards Torrington.

Watergate Halt Halt was an intermediate halt on the initially privately run[3] North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway. A remote rural station[4] with one small siding used by a local farmer[5], it was closed in 1966 and now forms part of the popular Tarka trail, a route for ramblers promoted by the local council[6]. Occasionally, railway memorabilia connected with the station surfaces[7].

Watergate Halt in 1969 looking away from Torrington.
Watergate Halt in 1969 looking away from Torrington.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Private, not grouped in 1923.
  2. ^ Ian Pringle Memories of the Barnstaple to Torrington and Halwill Junction Line (VHS Video-Stock Code: BL267D)
  3. ^ Became part of Southern Region of British Railways in 1948 Branch Lines to Torrington Mitchell,V/Smith,K: Midhurst, Middleton Press,1994 ISBN 1873793375
  4. ^ Backtrack Vol 19(2005) The North Devon & Cornwall Junction Railway. Walter Rothschild
  5. ^ Southern E-group
  6. ^ East Devon Council
  7. ^ See Lot 102
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Torrington   North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway (1925 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966)		   Yarde Halt

[edit] See also

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Ex stations on the North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway

Torrington • Watergate Halt • Yarde Halt • Dunsbear Halt • Marland Works • Petrockstow • Meeth Halt • Hatherleigh • Hole • Halwill •

50°56′19″N, 4°11′16″WCoordinates: 50°56′19″N, 4°11′16″W

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