Burrator and Sheepstor Halt railway station

Burrator and Sheepstor Halt
The remains of Burrator and Sheepstor Halt
Location
Place	Princetown
Area	West Devon
Coordinates	50°29′37″N 4°02′45″W / 50.4935°N 4.0458°W / 50.4935; -4.0458Coordinates: 50°29′37″N 4°02′45″W / 50.4935°N 4.0458°W / 50.4935; -4.0458
Grid reference	SX5498667972
Operations
Original company	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	1
History
4 February 1924	Station opens as Burrator Platform for workmen
18 May 1925	Station opened to the public as Burrator Halt
1929	Renamed Burrator and Sheepstor Halt
3 March 1956	Station closed to passengers
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Burrator and Sheepstor Halt railway station was located on the 10.5 mile long single track branch railway line in Devon, England, running from Yelverton to Princetown with eventually four intermediate stations. The station was opened as Burrator Platform and became Burrator Halt when it was opened to the public, the name being changed again in 1929 to Burrator and Sheepstor Halt.

Opened as Burrator Platform on Monday 4 February 1924 the station at first only catered for workmen employed on the raising of the Burrator and Sheepstor Dams. This service consisted of a morning train that left Princetown at 6.27am for Dousland and Yelverton and then, after collecting workmen off the 6.20am from Millbay Station, left Yelverton Station at 6.58am, stopping at Burrator and Sheepstor Platform at 7.05am to set them down. On Mondays to Fridays the 4.05pm from Princetown called at Burrator at 4.30pm to pick up workmen for the homeward journey. On Saturday mornings the 12.25pm from Princetown called at 12.50pm to collect workers and the later train would then not stop.

From Thursday 6 November 1924 the early morning trains ran only on Monday mornings. The 4.05pm from Princetown no longer called, but the return journey, the 4.55pm from Yelverton did. For the remainder of the week the 7.38am from Princetown conveyed the workmen to Burrator. Burrator and Sheepstor Platform was opened to the general public as from Monday 18 May 1925 and was served by trains during daylight hours only.

Its later traffic was almost entirely walkers and like Ingra Tor Halt it was retained in an attempt to counter competition from local bus services and encourage tourist traffic.

The branch line was authorised in 1878 and opened on 11 August 1883. Yelverton was the junction for the line when the halt opened, three other stations had been added to the line in the 1920s, Ingra Tor Halt in 1936. Much of the route followed the course of the old Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway. King Tor Halt was opened almost on the site of the old Royal Oak Sidings.