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Lovers' Lane Halt railway station

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Place
  
Appledore

Grid reference
  
SS460308

28 March 1917
  
Closed

Area
  
Torridge

1 May 1908
  
Opened

Platforms in use
  
1

Lovers' Lane Halt railway station

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

Lovers' Lane Halt railway station was a minor railway station in North Devon or halt, situated close to the town of Appledore, a community lying on the peninsula formed by the sea (Barnstaple Bay), the River Torridge, and the River Taw.

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History

The halt was opened in 1908 and the next station on the line was Appledore, the terminus of the line lying some 7½ miles from Bideford. The line had until 1901 run only as far as Northam.

Infrastructure

Lovers' Lane had a simple single platform, raised one foot above rail level, without any shelter and without lighting. It had no freight facilities. It was at the road junction with the Mount (0.3 miles from Watertown) with steps running down towards the lifeboat station.

Micro history

The trackbed from Appledore to Richmond Road Halt was converted into a road and the platform removed in the process.

References

Lovers' Lane Halt railway station Wikipedia