Buckfastleigh railway station

Coordinates: 50°28′58″N 3°46′08″W / 50.48284°N 3.76877°W

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Buckfastleigh
Station on heritage railway

General information
Location	Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge England
Coordinates	50°28′58″N 3°46′08″W / 50.48284°N 3.76877°W / 50.48284; -3.76877
Grid reference	SX746662
Operated by	South Devon Railway
Platforms	1
History
Original company	Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 May 1872	Opened
3 November 1958	Closed to passengers
1969	Reopened

Buckfastleigh railway station is situated on the South Devon Railway, a heritage railway in Devon, England. It serves the town of Buckfastleigh.

History

The station was opened by the Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway on 1 May 1872.^[1] The railway was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway in 1897 and this in turn was nationalised into British Railways on 1 January 1948. A camping coach was positioned here by the Western Region from 1956 to 1961.^[2]

The station closed to passengers in November 1958 although goods traffic on the line continued until 10 September 1962.^[1]^[3]

It was re-opened as the Dart Valley Railway, a heritage railway, on 5 April 1969. The South Devon Railway Trust took over the running of the line on 1 January 1991.

In 1971 Buckfastleigh became the terminus of the line when the route beyond the station was closed to allow improvements to the A38 road. Workshops have since been provided for restoring and repairing the locomotives and rolling stock used on the railway.

The goods shed has been converted to a railway museum and this is the home of Tiny the last remaining broad gauge locomotive.

Services

The station is served by trains on all operating days of the South Devon Railway. Trains operate daily from late March to the end of October. On most days a single train set operates, providing four journeys a day in each direction. On busy days two train sets may operate, providing more journeys.^[4]

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Staverton		South Devon Railway		Terminus

References

^ ^a ^b Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 106. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
^ McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. pp. 84 & 95. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
^ Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. p. 21 (ref 0982). ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
^ "Timetables". South Devon Railway Trust. Retrieved 18 January 2011.