Marland Works railway station

Marland Works

As near to the old station as can be calculated.

Location

Location

Peters Marland Ball clay works

Area

East Devon

Grid reference

SS507118

Operations

Pre-grouping

Post-grouping

Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966)

Platforms

Two

History

27 January 1881

Opened

1 March 1966

Closed

Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D-F G H-J K-L M-O P-R S T-Z

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Marlands Works was a busy industrial railway station for just over a century, ^[2] firstly on the Torrington and Marland Railway^[3],built to carry bricks and clay on a three-feet gauge, which in turn was subsumed in 1925 by the North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway^[4] before finally becoming part of the Southern Region of British Railways in 1948^[5]. Closed to passenger traffiic in 1966 as part of the Beeching Axe ^[6] reforms the line remained open for freight between Barnstaple railway station and Torrington until 1982^[7]. Today it forms part of the popular Tarka trail,although an important site for industrial railway historians^[8]too.

[edit] References

^ Private, not grouped in 1923
^ History of Clay web-site Photographer’s research
^ North Devon Clay Messenger,M: Truro, Twelveheads,1982 ISBN 0906294061
^ Collation of sources, Devon railways
^ Branch Lines to Torrington Mitchell,V/Smith,K: Midhurst, Middleton Press,1994 ISBN 1873793375
^ Detailed closure schedules
^ Freight details
^ IR archives

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Dunsbear		Torrington and Marland Railway (1881-1925) North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway (1925 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966)		Petrockstow

v • d • e Ex stations on the North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway

Torrington • Watergate Halt • Yarde Halt • Dunsbear Halt • Marland Works • Petrockstow • Meeth Halt • Hatherleigh • Hole • Halwill •