Northam | |
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General information | |
Location |
Northam,
Torridge England |
Coordinates | 51°02′39″N 4°13′08″W / 51.0442°N 4.2189°W |
Grid reference | SS445295 |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway |
Pre-grouping | British Electric Traction |
Key dates | |
20 May 1901 [1] [2] | Opened |
28 March 1917 | Closed [3] |
Northam railway station was a railway station on the Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway in north Devon, close to Appledore. The station served the village of Northam, Parish of Northam, a community within the Appledore peninsula. It was 5 miles 45 chains (5.56 miles, 8.95 km) from Bideford. [4]
Northam station was the terminus of the line in 1901 [4] prior to the extension to Appledore in 1908. The station stood a little way from the village of Northam. Many of the passengers were golfers on their way to the links on Northam Burrows. [5]
Northam had one platform 180 feet (55 m) in length, with a shelter, on the down side of the line. [4] It originally had a short run-around loop, a signal box and one semaphore signal, [4] but with the completion of the extension to Appledore in 1908 it was reduced to a single line without sidings or signalling. [4] [6] A goods yard was provided at one time. [7] The line, without gates, crossed Pimpley Road on the level before reaching the Richmond Road request halt. [4]
In January 1901 a one-carriage train ran from Bideford to Northam carrying a few friends of the railway's directors. [8]
Jack Shears, who lived at Northam, was one of the trackmen who worked to maintain the permanent way. [9]
No photographs appear to exist of Northam railway station.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Richmond Road Halt Line and station closed |
Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway |
Beach Road Line and station closed |
Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway |
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