Kenwith Castle Halt railway station

Kenwith Castle Halt
Map showing the position of Kenwith Castle Halt
General information
Location	Bideford, Torridge England
Coordinates	51.0241°N 4.2379°W / 51.0241; -4.2379
Grid reference	SS431273
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]

The old railway cutting from the site of the halt.

Kenwith Castle Halt was a minor railway station or halt/request stop in north Devon, close to Bideford, serving the nearby castle of that name.[4] It lay 1 mile and 75 chains from Bideford Quay.[5]

History

This was to have been the site of the junction for a line running over ten miles to Clovelly.[6]

Infrastructure

Kenwith Castle Halt had no platform or shelter and was sited at an ungated level crossing on the road to the castle; the gates had been removed in 1905.[7] The line ran through a cutting at this point. No sidings or freight facilities were provided.[8][9]

Micro history

In January 1901, the first train, with one carriage, ran from Bideford to Northam carrying a few friends of the Directors.[10]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Abbotsham Road Line and station closed		Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway		Causeway 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 62
6. Jenkins, Page 33
7. Jenkins, Page 141
8. Jenkins, Page 93
9. Jenkins, Page 96
10. Baxter, Page 6

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.