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Hatherleigh
Note the two platforms
General information
Location	Hatherleigh, West Devon England
Coordinates	50°49′47.91″N 4°5′3.48″W / 50.8299750°N 4.0843000°W / 50.8299750; -4.0843000
Grid reference	SS533054
Platforms	Two
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Post-grouping	North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway (1925 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1965)
Key dates
27 July 1925	Opened
1 March 1965	Closed

Hatherleigh Railway Station was a station on the North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway between Torrington and Halwill Junction, serving the town of Hatherleigh. Hatherleigh was the largest place with a station on the line, though the town was almost two miles away. Like others on this line, the station itself was small but it was a passing place on the mainly single-track railway. The stationmaster at Hatherleigh also looked after the other stations on the line, even those, such as Petrockstow and Hole, that were staffed.

The line was opened in 1925 and was operated by the Southern Railway, though it remained a private line until it became part of the Southern Region of British Railways in 1948. The line closed in 1965 as part of the Beeching proposals, goods services having been withdrawn the previous year.

References

1. Line engineer's residence
2. Feature details
3. Branch Lines to Torrington Mitchell,V & Smith,K: Midhurst, Middleton Press,1994 ISBN 1-873793-37-5
4. "Discovering Britain's lost railways" Atterbury,P: Basingstoke, AA Publishing ISBN 978-0-7495-6370-7

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain

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