Littleham railway station
Littleham | |
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 Littleham station site | |
| General information | |
| Location | Littleham, East Devon England |
| Coordinates | 50°37′26″N 3°23′12″W / 50.6240°N 3.3868°W |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | London and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 June 1903 | Opened |
| 6 March 1967 | Closed |
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Littleham railway station served the village of Littleham, in Devon, England between 1903 and 1967; it was a stop on the Budleigh Salterton Railway between Tipton St Johns to Exmouth.
History
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Littleham station was opened on 1 June 1903 by the London and South Western Railway, when it opened the extension of the Budleigh Salterton Railway from Budleigh Salterton to Exmouth.[1][2]
It had two platforms on either side of a passing loop; there was a signal box and a goods yard to the south of the station. The goods yard was capable of handling most goods including live stock and was equipped with a two-ton crane.[3][4]
The station was host to a Southern Railway camping coach from 1937 to 1939.[5] Three camping coaches were positioned here by the Southern Region from 1954 to 1960; four Pullman camping coaches in 1962 were reduced to two for 1963 and 1964.[6]
The station was closed when the line closed on 6 March 1967.[1][7]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budleigh Salterton Line and station closed |
British Rail Southern Region Budleigh Salterton Railway |
Exmouth Line closed, station open |
The site today
[edit]Only the stationmaster's house remains as a private dwelling; the rest of the site has been redeveloped as road and housing.[8]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ a b Quick 2022, p. 283.
- ^ Grant 2017, p. 81.
- ^ "Littleham station on OS 25 inch map Devon CIII.2 (Littleham; Withycombe Raleigh)". National Library of Scotland. 1905. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 319.
- ^ McRae 1997, p. 33.
- ^ McRae 1998, pp. 59 & 67.
- ^ Hurst 1992, p. 48 (ref 2193).
- ^ Catford, Nick (21 May 2017). "Station name: Littleham". Disused Stations. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
Bibliography
[edit]- 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.
- Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
- 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.
- Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
- The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.