Watergate Halt railway station

Watergate Halt Halt
Watergate Halt Halt
Location
Location	Watergate Bridge
Area	East Devon
Grid reference	SS465175
Operations
Pre-grouping	North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway (1925 to 1948)
Post-grouping	Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966)[1]
Platforms	One
History
27 July 1925	Opened
1 March 1966	Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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This article is about a defunct rural railway station, not the break-in at the eponymous hotel during the 1972 U.S Presidential election campaign.

"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."^[2]

Watergate Halt Halt was an intermediate halt on the initially privately run^[3] North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway. A remote rural station^[4] with one small siding used by a local farmer^[5], it was closed in 1966 and now forms part of the popular Tarka trail, a route for ramblers promoted by the local council^[6]. Occasionally, railway memorabilia connected with the station surfaces^[7].

References

1. ^ Private, not grouped in 1923.
2. ^ Ian Pringle Memories of the Barnstaple to Torrington and Halwill Junction Line (VHS Video-Stock Code: BL267D)
3. ^ Became part of Southern Region of British Railways in 1948 Branch Lines to Torrington Mitchell,V/Smith,K: Midhurst, Middleton Press,1994 ISBN 1873793375
4. ^ Backtrack Vol 19(2005) The North Devon & Cornwall Junction Railway. Walter Rothschild
5. ^ Southern E-group
6. ^ East Devon Council
7. ^ See Lot 102

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain
• List of former West Country Halts
• Last ever train

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