Bovey railway station

Bovey
Bovey station in 1964
Location
Place	Bovey Tracey
Area	Teignbridge
Operations
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
4 July 1866	Opened^[1]
2 March 1959	Closed to passengers^[1]
1970	Line closed to goods traffic
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Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway

Legend

Moretonhampstead

A382 road

Lustleigh

Hawkmoor Halt later renamed Pullabrook

Exeter Road

GWML to London

Newton Abbot

GWML to Penzance

The 'end of the line' at Bovey Tracey. Taken during the visit of the last special passenger train on 5 July 1970.

Bovey railway station sometimes known as Bovey for Ilsington^[1] was on the Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway at Bovey Tracey, Devon, England.

The station was built on the west side of the town, opening on 26 June 1866. Two platforms were provided, with the main building and goods shed being on the town side of the line.

The station closed to passengers on 28 February 1959, with goods trains continuing until 6 July 1970.

Some of the line is now a road by-pass carrying the A382 road, but a short distance to the north the road diverges and the line is now a woodland walk through the Parke estate, owned by The National Trust. The station building still stands adjacent to the by-pass and is used as the Bovey Tracey Heritage Trust Centre. The goods shed is used as a store by the Dartmoor National Park Authority.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Brimley Halt		Newton Abbot to Moretonhampstead Great Western Railway		Pullabrook Halt

References

Notes

1 2 3 Butt, Page 40

Sources

Beck, Keith; Copsey, John (1990). The Great Western in South Devon. Didcot: Wild Swan Publications. ISBN 0-906867-90-8.
Butt, R (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1.
Jenkins, S C; Pomroy, L J (1989). The Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway. Oxford: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-389-3.

Coordinates: 50°35′32″N 3°40′52″W / 50.59228°N 3.68114°W / 50.59228; -3.68114

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