Moretonhampstead railway station

Moretonhampstead Station
Moretonhampstead station circa 1909
General information
Location	Moretonhampstead, Teignbridge England
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
4 July 1866	Opened
2 March 1959	Closed to passengers
1964	Line closed to goods traffic

v t e Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway
Legend
Moretonhampstead  A382  Lustleigh Hawkmoor Halt / Pullabrook Halt Bovey Brimley Halt Teign Valley Line Heathfield  A38  Teigngrace Halt Exeter Road GWML to London Newton Abbot GWML to Penzance

Moretonhampstead railway station was the terminus of the Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway at Moretonhampstead, Devon, England.

The station opened on 4 July 1866.^[1] It was situated on the south side of the town by the road to Bovey Tracey. The platform was 300 feet long and mostly covered by a wooden train shed. Beyond the train shed was a short platform with cattle pens.

South of the station was a goods shed and engine shed. The signal box was unusually built onto the side of the engine shed. In 1929 the Great Western Railway, which now owned the line, opened the Manor House Hotel just outside Moretonhampstead. Set in 193 acres (0.78 km²), it boasted a golf course and also attracted holidaymakers to visit Dartmoor.

After the last passenger train ran on 28 February 1959,^[1][2] regular goods trains continued until 6 April 1964, although British Railways continued to use the station as a base for its road goods services until the end of the year. The goods and engine sheds for many years continued to be used by a commercial road haulage business.

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Notes

Sources

• Beck, Keith; Copsey, John (1990). The Great Western in South Devon. Didcot: Wild Swan Publications. ISBN 978-0-906867-90-7.
• 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.
• Jenkins, S C; Pomroy, L J (1989). The Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway. Oxford: Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-389-3.

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