Place Watergate Bridge Grid reference SS468176 Platforms in use 1 | Area Torridge 27 July 1925 Opened | |
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Pre-grouping North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway (1925 to 1948) Post-grouping Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1965) Similar Yarde Halt railway station, Dunsbear Halt railway st, Meeth Halt railway station, Petrockstow railway station, Marland Works railway st | ||
Watergate Halt was an intermediate halt on the initially privately run North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway.
"It was one of those moments you always remember – a first glimpse, caught through the dappled sunlight of a woodland glade. Deep within the heart of North Devon, I came across this tiny wayside halt, no longer than a single carriage length."
A remote rural station with one small siding used by a local farmer, it was closed in 1965 and now forms part of the popular Tarka trail, a route for ramblers promoted by the local council.
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