Beach Road railway station

Beach Road
Map showing the position of Beach Road Halt
General information
Location	Westward Ho!, Torridge England
Coordinates	51.0422°N 4.2288°W / 51.0422; -4.2288
Grid reference	SS438293
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]

Beach Road railway station was a minor railway station or halt/request stop in north Devon, close to Westward Ho!, serving the residents of Eastboune Terrace and the outlying areas of Westward Ho!.[4]

History

This was the last stop before Northam that was the terminus station on the line in 1901[5] prior to the extension to Appledore of 1908.

Infrastructure

Beach Road Halt had no shelter or platform. A level crossing was located nearby, however the gates were removed in 1905.[6] It had no freight facilities.

Micro history

In January 1901, the first train, with one carriage, ran from Bideford to Northam carrying a few friends of the Directors.[7]

Jack Shears, who lived at Northam, was one of the trackmen who worked to maintain the permanent way.[8]

No photographs appear to exist of Beach Road Halt.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Northam Line and station closed		Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway		Westward Ho! Line and station closed

References

v t e Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway
Appledore Lovers' Lane Halt Richmond Road Halt Northam Beach Road Westward Ho! Cornborough Abbotsham Road Kenwith Castle Halt Causeway The Lane Halt Locomotive shed Strand Road Halt Bideford Quay Bideford North Devon Railway

Notes

1. Jenkins, Page 44
2. Baxter, Page 8
3. Jenkins, Page 123
4. Jenkins, Page 110
5. Jenkins, Page 110
6. Jenkins, Page 142
7. Baxter, Page 6
8. Griffith, Page 43

Sources

1. Baxter, Julia & Jonathan (1980). The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore railway 1901-1917. Pub. Chard. ISBN 0-9507330-1-6.
2. Christie, Peter (1995). North Devon History. The Lazarus Press. ISBN 1-898546-08-8.
3. Garner, Rod (2008). The Bideford, Westward Ho! & Appledore Railway. Pub. Kestrel Railway Books. ISBN 978-1-905505-09-8.
4. Griffith, Roger (1969). The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway. School project and personal communications. Bideford Museum.
5. Jenkins, Stanley C. (1993). The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway. Oxford : Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-452-0.
6. Stuckey, Douglas (1962). The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway 1901-1917. Pub. West Country Publications.