Kenwith Castle Halt | |
---|---|
Map showing the position of Kenwith Castle Halt
|
|
Location | |
Place | Bideford |
Area | Torridge |
Coordinates | 51°01′27″N 4°14′16″W / 51.0241°N 4.2379°WCoordinates: 51°01′27″N 4°14′16″W / 51.0241°N 4.2379°W |
Grid reference | SS431273 |
Operations | |
Original company | Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway |
Pre-grouping | British Electric Traction |
History | |
20 May 1901 | Opened |
28 March 1917 | Closed |
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
|
Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway | |
---|---|
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.
This was to have been the site of the junction for a line running over ten miles to Clovelly.
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.
In January 1901, the first train, with one carriage, ran from Bideford to Northam carrying a few friends of the Directors.