Delabole railway station

Delabole

*Delyow Boll*
Delabole; Delyow Boll
	The former station in 2009
General information
Location	Delabole, Cornwall; England
Coordinates	50°37′21″N 4°43′36″W / 50.6226°N 4.7268°W
Grid reference	SX0721983875
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
18 October 1893	Station opens
7 September 1964	Station closed to goods
3 October 1966	Station closed to passengers

Delabole railway station (Cornish: Delyow Boll) was a railway station that served a quarry, rural district, and village of Delabole, situated approximately two miles (3 km) west of Camelford in north Cornwall, England, UK. It was located on the North Cornwall Railway and named after Delabole Quarry. There were three hamlets in the vicinity, Pengelly, Meadrose, and Rockhead, while the hamlet of Delabole was south of the quarry.

History[edit]

Delabole Slate Quarry lay nearby and therefore the station had a large number of sidings. The station had a passing loop, two platforms and a single siding was provided behind the up platform, where the signal box was sited.^[2] The station building was on the down side and a short loading dock with the goods shed on a further siding running behind the platform. A single road through engine shed with a turntable beyond sat between the goods shed and a line running to the quarry.^[3]

The station was in the village itself and was therefore convenient, also the quarry meant that freight receipts were significant.^[3] The loading dock was removed when goods services were withdrawn; the siding on the down side was also removed.

North Cornwall Railway

Legend

Okehampton to Bude Line

to Bude

Nth Devon & Cornwall Jn Lt Rly

to Torrington

Halwill Junction

Okehampton to Bude Line

to Okehampton

Ashwater

Tower Hill

River Tamar

South Devon & Tavistock Rly

to Plymouth

Launceston

(original site)

Launceston

(heritage)

River Kensey

Launceston Steam Railway

Old Delabole Slate Quarry

Bodmin & Wadebridge Rly

Wadebridge

Wadebridge Town

level crossing

Little Petherick Creek

Padstow

The station was absorbed by the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station passed to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and was subsequently closed by the British Railways Board.

The station building is now in use as a private residence, and houses have been built on the site of the up platform.^[4]

Memories[edit]

One story is told of the guard who left it too late to board the train going to Padstow. Not being able to board the train, the guard outside the train, hanging grimly onto the carriage door, in imminent danger of being crushed on the side of the Railway Bridge as it passed under it. The train was stopped in time and the guard was not injured. During WW2 a plane crashed onto the railway line close to the station and the train coming from Camelford had to be stopped before a collision took place.^[5]

References[edit]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Butt, Page 77
^ Gammell, Photographs 152 & 153.
^ ^a ^b Old Maps Archived 30 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved : 2012-10-28
^ Where's the Path Retrieved : 2012-10-28
^ Delabole Village History Retrieved : 2012-10-28

Sources

Butt, R. V. J. (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. OCLC 60251199.
Gammell, C. J. (1976). Southern Branch Lines 1955-1965. Oxford : Oxford Publishing Co. SBN 902888-76-5.

External links[edit]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Camelford		Southern Railway London and South Western Railway		Port Isaac Road

[b-1] Butt, Page 77

[2] Gammell, Photographs 152 & 153.

[om-3] Old Maps Archived 30 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved : 2012-10-28

[4] Where's the Path Retrieved : 2012-10-28

[5] Delabole Village History Retrieved : 2012-10-28

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