Delabole railway station

Delabole Station

The old station in 1966
Location
Place Delabole
Area Cornwall
Coordinates 50°37′21″N 4°43′36″W / 50.6226°N 4.7268°W / 50.6226; -4.7268Coordinates: 50°37′21″N 4°43′36″W / 50.6226°N 4.7268°W / 50.6226; -4.7268
Grid reference SX0721983875
Operations
Pre-grouping London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
Platforms 2
History
18 October 1893[1] Station opens
7 September 1964 Station closed to goods
3 October 1966[1] Station closed to passengers
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Delabole railway station was a railway station that served a quarry, rural district, and village of Delabole, situated approximately two miles (3 km) west of Camelford in north Cornwall, England, UK. It was located on the North Cornwall Railway and named after Delabole Quarry. There were three hamlets in the vicinity, Pengelly, Meadrose, and Rockhead, while the hamlet of Delabole was south of the quarry.

History

Delabole Slate Quarry lay nearby and therefore the station had a large number of sidings. The station had a passing loop, two platforms and a single siding was provided behind the up platform, where the signal box was sited.[2] The station building were on the down side and a short loading dock with the goods shed on a further siding running behind the platform. A single road through engine shed with a turntable beyond sat between the goods shed and a line running to the quarry.[3]

The old goods shed, re-used as Delabole Fire Station
Map of the line

The station was in the village itself and was therefore convenient, also the quarry meant that freight receipts were significant.[3] The loading dock was removed when goods services were withdrawn; the siding on the down side was also removed.

North Cornwall Railway
Okehampton to Bude Line
to Bude

Nth Devon & Cornwall Jn Lt Rly
to Torrington
Halwill Junction
Okehampton to Bude Line
to Okehampton
 Ashwater
 Tower Hill
 River Tamar

South Devon & Tavistock Rly
to Plymouth

Launceston(original site)
 Launceston
 River Kensey
Launceston Steam Railway
 Newmills
 Egloskerry
 Tresmeer
 Otterham
 Camelford
 Delabole
 Port Isaac Road
 Trelill Tunnel
 St Kew Highway
 River Camel
Bodmin & Wadebridge Rly
 Wadebridge
Wadebridge Town
level crossing
 Little Petherick Creek
 Padstow

The station building is now in use as a private residence, and houses have been built on the site of the up platform.[4]

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

Memories

One story is told of the guard who left it too late to board the train going to Padstow. Not being able to board the train, the guard outside the train, hanging grimly onto the carriage door, in imminent danger of being crushed on the side of the Railway Bridge as it passed under it. The train was stopped in time and the guard was not injured. During WW2 a plane crashed onto the railway line close to the station and the train coming from Camelford had to be stopped before a collision took place.[5]

References

Notes
  1. 1 2 Butt, Page 77
  2. ↑ Gammell, Photographs 152 & 153.
  3. 1 2 Old Maps Archived April 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved : 2012-10-28
  4. ↑ Where's the Path Retrieved : 2012-10-28
  5. ↑ Delabole Village History Retrieved : 2012-10-28
Sources
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Camelford   Southern Railway
London and South Western Railway		   Port Isaac Road
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