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Halwill Junction railway station
Former railway station in Devon, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Halwill Junction Railway Station was a railway station in Halwill Junction, near the villages of Halwill and Beaworthy in Devon, England. It opened in 1879 and formed an important junction between the now-closed Bude Branch and North Cornwall line. It closed in 1966 along with the lines which it served, a casualty of the Beeching Report.
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Halwill Junction | |
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![]() View northward, towards Wadebridge and Padstow in 1964 | |
General information | |
Location | Halwill Junction, Torridge England |
Grid reference | SS443000 |
Platforms | 4 (2 through and 2 bay) |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Pre-grouping | LSWR (1879-1923) and NCR (1886-1923) |
Post-grouping | SR (1923-48) and NDCJR (1925 to 1948)[1] BR (1948 to 1966) |
Key dates | |
20 January 1879 | Opened (Beaworthy) |
July 1879 | Renamed (Halwill and Beaworthy) |
21 July 1886 | Becomes a junction station |
March 1887 | Renamed (Halwill Junction) |
1 January 1923 | Renamed (Halwill) |
3 October 1966[2] | Closed |
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