Gara Bridge railway station

Gara Bridge railway station was a station on the Kingsbridge branch of the GWR.

Gara Bridge
Remains of the station (1995)
LocationCurtisknowle, South Hams
England
Grid referenceSX730534
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
19 December 1893Station opens
16 September 1963Station closes

History

The station opened on the 19 December 1893 when the Great Western Railway(GWR) opened the Kingsbridge branch line.[1] The line had been planned, and authorised in 1882, by the Kingsbridge and Salcombe Railway which was subsequently acquired by the GWR in 1888.[2]

The stone built station was the only one on the line to have a passing loop.[3][4]

The station was host to a GWR camp coach from 1934 to 1939.[4][5] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Western Region in 1956 and 1957 then two coaches from 1958 to 1962.[6]

The station closed on 16 September 1963.[7]

Despite a great deal of local opposition station was closed for freight and passengers on 16 September 1963, and is now a private dwelling.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Avonwick   Great Western Railway
Kingsbridge branch line
  Loddiswell

References
  1. Quick 2019, p. 180.
  2. Grant 2017, p. 293.
  3. "Gara Bridge station on OS Six-inch map Devon CXXVI.10 (Diptford; Loddiswell; Moreleigh; North Huish; Woodleigh)". National Library of Scotland. 1906. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  4. Fenton 1999, p. 123.
  5. McRae 1997, p. 31.
  6. McRae 1998, pp. 82-83 & 95.
  7. Quick 2019, p. 55.

Bibliography
  • Fenton, Mike (1999), Camp Coach Holidays on the G.W.R, Wild Swan, ISBN 1-874103-53-4
  • Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
  • McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). 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. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
  • Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway and Canal Historical Society.


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