Lustleigh railway station

Lustleigh
Lustleigh station in 1912 with a train for Moretonhampstead
Location
Place Lustleigh
Area Teignbridge
Grid reference SX786814
Operations
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 1
History
4 July 1866 Opened[1]
2 March 1959 Closed to passengers[1]
1964 Line closed to goods traffic
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway
Moretonhampstead
 A382 
Lustleigh
Hawkmoor Halt later renamed Pullabrook
Bovey
Brimley Halt
Teign Valley Line
Heathfield (Devon)
 A38 
Teigngrace Halt
Exeter Road
GWML to London
Newton Abbot
GWML to Penzance

Lustleigh station[1] was on the Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway serving the village of Lustleigh, Devon, England.

Lustleigh was the penultimate station on this 12.3 mile (20 km) branchline off the South Devon Main Line. It had a single platform and one siding.[2] The platform survives and the station building has been greatly enlarged.

The Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway company was formed in 1861, and work on the line commenced in 1863. The line opened to the public in 1866 and converted from broad gauge to standard gauge in 1892.

The station closed to passengers on 28 February 1959, with goods trains continuing until 1964. The station was used on 28 February 1931 [3] for the film The Hound of the Baskervilles, its name being temporarily changed to Baskerville.[4][5]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Pullabrook Halt   Newton Abbot to Moretonhampstead
Great Western Railway		   Moretonhampstead

References

Notes
  1. 1 2 3 Butt, Page 151
  2. ↑ Old Maps Archived 2012-04-30 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved : 2012-10-06
  3. ↑ Railway Magazine No.407 May 1931 P.418
  4. ↑ Railway Magazine no. 407 May 1931 P.412
  5. ↑ Ewan, Page 43
Sources
  • Beck, Keith; Copsey, John (1990). The Great Western in South Devon. Didcot: Wild Swan Publications. ISBN 0-906867-90-8.
  • Butt, R (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1.
  • Ewan, M (1964). The Haytor Granite Tramway & Stover Canal. Newton Abbot: David & Charles.
  • Jenkins, S C; Pomroy, L J (1989). The Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway. Oxford: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-389-3.

Coordinates: 50°37′12″N 3°43′00″W / 50.6200°N 3.71674°W / 50.6200; -3.71674

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