Ashbury railway station

Ashbury
Location
Place Halwill
Area Devon
Operations
Post-grouping Southern Railway
History
20 January 1879 Station opens as Ashbury
April 1890 Station renamed Ashbury and North Lew
by 4 July 1937 Station renamed Ashbury for North Lew
BR Station renamed Ashbury
3 October 1966 Station closed
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This article refers to the former LSWR station in Devon; for the similarly named station in Manchester see Ashburys railway station.

Ashbury railway station was located on the Okehampton to Bude Line 3¾ miles east of Halwill Junction, and served the hamlet of Ashbury and the village of North Lew in the English county of Devon.

History

Opened by the London and South Western Railway, the station was absorbed by the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, The station then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was subsequently closed by the British Railways Board.

The site today

References

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Maddaford Moor Halt   Southern Railway
London and South Western Railway
  Halwill Junction