Place Bideford Grid reference SS431273 28 March 1917 Closed | Area Torridge 20 May 1901 Opened | |
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Pre-grouping British Electric Traction Original company Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway Similar Appledore (North Devon) ra, Westward Ho! railway station, Bideford Quay railway st, River Taw | ||
Kenwith Castle Halt was a minor railway station or halt/request stop in North Devon, close to Bideford, serving the nearby castle of that name. It lay 1 mile and 75 chains from Bideford Quay.
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History
This was to have been the site of the junction for a line running over ten miles to Clovelly.
Infrastructure
Kenwith Castle Halt had platform or shelter and was sited at an ungated level crossing on the road to the castle; the gates had been removed in 1905. The line ran through a cutting at this point. No sidings or freight facilities were provided.
Micro history
In January 1901, the first train, with one carriage, ran from Bideford to Northam carrying a few friends of the Directors.
References
Kenwith Castle Halt railway station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA