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Lustleigh railway station

Coordinates: 50°37′12″N 3°43′00″W / 50.6200°N 3.71674°W / 50.6200; -3.71674
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Lustleigh
Lustleigh station in 1912, with a train for Moretonhampstead
General information
LocationLustleigh, Teignbridge
England
Grid referenceSX786814
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
4 July 1866Opened
2 March 1959[1]Closed to passengers
1964[1]Line closed to goods traffic
Moretonhampstead
and South Devon Railway
Moretonhampstead
Lustleigh
Hawkmoor Halt / Pullabrook Halt
Bovey
Brimley Halt
Heathfield
Teigngrace Halt
Exeter Road
Newton Abbot

Lustleigh station was a stop on the Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway; it served the village of Lustleigh, in Devon, England.

Lustleigh was the penultimate station on this 12.3 mile (20 km) branch line off the South Devon Main Line. It had a single platform and one siding.[2]

The Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway company was formed in 1861, and work on the line commenced in 1863. The line opened to the public in 1866; it was converted from broad gauge to standard gauge in 1892.

The station was used on 28 February 1931 for the film The Hound of the Baskervilles;[3] its name changed temporarily to Baskerville.[4][5][6]

The station was host to a GWR camp coach from 1934 to 1939.[7][8] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Western Region from 1952 to 1958.[9]

The station closed to passengers after the last train on 28 February 1959, with goods trains continuing until 1964.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Pullabrook Halt   Newton Abbot to Moretonhampstead
Great Western Railway
  Moretonhampstead

The site today

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The platform survives and the station building has been greatly enlarged.

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ a b Butt, Page 151
  2. ^ "Lustleigh station on OS 25 inch map Devon C.4 (Bovey Tracey; Lustleigh)". National Library of Scotland. 1905. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  3. ^ Railway Magazine no. 407 May 1931 p.418
  4. ^ Railway Magazine no. 407 May 1931 p.412
  5. ^ Ewan 1964, p. 43.
  6. ^ James, Paul (18 April 1995). "How the movies came to Lustleigh". Herald Express. p. 15.
  7. ^ McRae 1997, p. 31.
  8. ^ Fenton 1999, p. 51.
  9. ^ McRae 1998, p. 95.

Sources

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  • 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.
  • Ewan, M (1964). The Haytor Granite Tramway & Stover Canal. Newton Abbot: David & Charles.
  • Fenton, Mike (1999). Camp Coach Holidays on the G.W.R. Wild Swan. pp. 196–197. ISBN 1-874103-53-4.
  • McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  • McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.

Further reading

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50°37′12″N 3°43′00″W / 50.6200°N 3.71674°W / 50.6200; -3.71674