Hatherleigh railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Hatherleigh


caption = Note the two platforms
gridref = SS545044
manager = North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway (1925 to 1948)
owner = Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966)
locale = Hatherleigh
borough = West Devon
platforms = Two
years = 27 July 1925
events = Opened
years1 = 1 March 1965
events1 = Closed

Hatherleigh Railway Station [ [http://www.hfstephens-museum.org.uk/pages/topics/budget/budget.htm Line engineer's residence] ] was a station [ [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/bobbacktrack/page/vol19magazineindexbutton.html Feature details] ] on the North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway between Torrington and Halwill Junction, serving the town of Hatherleigh. Hatherleigh was the largest place with a station on the line, though the town was almost two miles away. Like others on this line, the station itself was small but it was a passing place on the mainly single-track railway. The stationmaster at Hatherleigh also looked after the other stations on the line, even those, such as Petrockstow and Hole, that were staffed.

The line was opened in 1925 and was operated by the Southern Railway, though it remained a private line until it became part of the Southern Region of British Railways [ Branch Lines to Torrington Mitchell,V & Smith,K: Midhurst, Middleton Press,1994 ISBN 1873793375] in 1948. The line closed in 1965 as part of the Beeching proposals, goods services having been withdrawn the previous year. Occasionally, railway memorabilia connected with the station surfaces [ [http://www.paddingtonticketauctions.co.uk/t33/cat.html See Lot 102] ] .

References

See also

*List of closed railway stations in Britain
* [http://www.colonelstephenssociety.org.uk/webpages/History.htm The Colonel Stephens Society]