| Marland Works | |
|---|---|
| Trackbed of the old line. | |
| Location | |
| Place | Peters Marland Ball clay works |
| Area | East Devon |
| Grid reference | SS507118 |
| Operations | |
| Pre-grouping | Torrington and Marland Railway(1881 -1925) North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway (1925 to 1948)[1] |
| Post-grouping | Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966) |
| Platforms | One |
| History | |
| 27 July 1925 | Opened |
| 27 January 1981 | Closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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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.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunsbear | Torrington and Marland Railway (1881-1925) North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway (1925 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966) |
Petrockstow | ||
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