Railways - North Devon UK

(from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
North Devon Railway website
For the part of the North Devon Railway which remains in use today,
see Tarka Line website

The North Devon Railway was a railway company which operated a line from Cowley Bridge Junction, near Exeter, to Bideford in Devon, England, later becoming part of the London and South Western Railway's system.
The original construction in the middle of the nineteenth century was significant in giving rail connection to the important, but remote towns of North Devon that had hitherto relied on the packhorse and coastal shipping.
The northern extremities turned south to Bideford and Torrington following the coast of the Bristol Channel before turning inland. Part of this section is now a cycleway known as the Tarka Trail website.
Barnstaple Town railway station website
Barnstaple Junction website
Ilfracombe Branch Line website
Braunton website
Instow railway station website
Bideford railway station website
Bideford Railway Heritage Centre website
North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway website
Great Torrington website
Hatherleigh website

Explore Braunton - the Barnstaple to Ilfracombe railway (1874-1970) website

(from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Devon and Somerset Railway website
The Devon and Somerset Railway (D&SR) was a cross-country line that connected Barnstaple in Devon, England to the network of the Bristol and Exeter Railway (B&ER) near Taunton. It was opened in stages between 1871 and 1873 and closed in 1966. It served a mostly rural area although it carried some through services from east of Taunton to the seaside resort of Ilfracombe.
Stations
Norton Fitzwarren website
Milverton website
Wiveliscombe website
Venn Cross website
Morebath website
Morebath Junction Halt website
Dulverton website
East Anstey website
Yeo Mill Halt website
Bishops Nympton and Molland website
South Molton website
Filleigh website
Swimbridge website
Barnstaple website

Barnstaple Victoria Road railway station website
Barnstaple railway station (Barnstaple Victoria Road railway station from 1949) was the western terminus of the Devon and Somerset Railway. It was situated on the western side of Barnstaple in Devon, England. It was served by passenger trains from 1871 until 1960, and by freight trains until 1970.
The station buildings have now been demolished and the site is part of an industrial estate. However, the goods shed survives and is used as a church and the platforms are visible alongside the A39 and are used as a car park for Western Power Distribution, an electricity provider.

Bideford Railway Heritage Centre & Instow Signal Box website
Bideford Railway Heritage Centre manages the Bideford station site and Instow signal box, both of which are on the former railway line from Barnstaple to Bideford in north Devon. The old railway line is now part of the popular Tarka Trail and so our two sites provide points of interest to cyclists and walkers alike, as well as to the more general visitor. In particular there are a visitor centre, interpretation centre and cafe at Bideford station.

Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway website
A Unique Victorian Water Powered Lift

North Devon Railways website
Photographs of diesel locomotives working on lines to Torrington, Barnstaple and Ilfracombe, from the 1970s onwards, with present day scenes too of North Devon Railway preservation activities at Torrington and Bideford

Tarka Valley Railway Group website
The Tarka Valley Railway Group was set up in July 2008 by a small group of likeminded individuals with the aim of restoring a steam railway along the valley of the River Torridge based on the former London & South Western Railway station at Torrington in North Devon. Progress since 2008 has been significant with a strong membership base already established and visible signs of progress evident on site.

The North Devon Line, 1983 to 1990 website
This site is full of 100s of high quality scans of the railways of the Tarka Line in North Devon, down to the sea wall between Dawlish and Teignmouth and across into China Clay country in Cornwall. All taken in 1983 to 1990 they represent a unique historical record of what has now passed

The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway website
The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway in North Devon, is one of the worlds most famous and picturesque narrow gauge railways. Passengers can now travel by steam train along part of the original route within the Exmoor National Park above the Heddon Valley. The opening of this first phase of the new line now allows visitors to experience a taste of what will eventually become one of the ultimate heritage railway experiences of the world.

Disused Stations
Disused Stations website
Barnstaple Town website
Wrafton website
Now a private residence.
Braunton website
Demolished - the site is now occupied by a car park, newsagent, youth centre and police station. A goods shed survives and the newsagents at the end of the car park is the former station building.
Mortehoe and Woolacombe website
Ilfracombe website
The station has been demolished and a factory stands on the site.