Place Bideford Grid reference SS421277 28 March 1917 Station closes | Area Torridge 20 May 1901 Station opens Platforms in use 2 | |
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Original company Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway Similar Appledore (North Devon) ra, Westward Ho! railway station, Coronation Chair | ||
Abbotsham Road railway station was a small railway station on the independent Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway in the English county of Devon. It lay 2 miles and 50 chains from Bideford Quay.
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History
Previously named Mudcott, the station was in open countryside at the Mudcott Road level crossing. It was known as Mudcott Passing Loop until the passenger platforms were brought into use.
Infrastructure
It had a passing loop, two wooden platforms and what appears to have been a ticket office come signal box hut. No freight facilities were provided. The signal box was probably connected by phone to the signal boxes at Bideford Yard and The Causeway.
Christie records that the railway company had built a path to allow volunteers from the local militia in Bideford to walk to their nearby rifle range and that this was "a pretty station in the midst of trees."