Railway connected Barnstaple to the growing railway network in 1854 and as Ilfracombe developed as a watering place, it was obvious a railway connection to...
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structurally unsound. Ilfracombe Cemetery Ilfracombe Branch Line List of people from Ilfracombe History of Ilfracombe "Ilfracombe (Devon)". City population...
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Ilfracombe railway station was the terminus of the Ilfracombe branch line in North Devon, England. The line was opened as the Barnstaple and Ilfracombe...
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station on the London and South Western Railway Ilfracombe Branch Line between Barnstaple and Ilfracombe in North Devon, England (grid reference SS483438)...
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see the remains more clearly. Ilfracombe Branch Line List of Ilfracombe people Bowring (1931). Ilfracombe. p. 16. Ilfracombe Official guide. 1935. p. 1....
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warehouse. A second platform was added on 20 July 1874 when the Ilfracombe Branch Line opened. This included a new station at Barnstaple Quay on the other...
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England Main Line "Devon & Cornwall branch lines - Full calendar year (RSP P10 - P9)" (PDF). dcrp.org.uk. Nicholas, John (1992). The North Devon Line: Exeter...
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Since the coming of the railway in the 19th century, notably the Ilfracombe Branch Line, Mortehoe became much more dependent on tourism, with numerous camp...
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course of disused railway lines: the Ilfracombe Branch Line, between Braunton and Barnstaple, and the Bideford Branch Line, between Barnstaple and Bideford...
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work. The line opened on 11 May 1898 with public service commencing on 16 May, connecting with trains from Waterloo on the Ilfracombe Branch Line at Barnstaple...
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"Barnstaple Junction" on 20 July 1874, when the railway opened the branch line to Ilfracombe, reverting to plain "Barnstaple" when this was closed on 5 October...
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to Barnstaple, Ilfracombe, Combe Martin and Mortehoe. The village had a joint railway station with Mortehoe on the Ilfracombe Branch Line which closed in...
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existed on the now closed Ilfracombe Branch Line two stations from Barnstaple railway station on the 'Tarka' or North Devon Line from Exeter, which currently...
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opens on occasional Sundays and bank holidays from Easter to October. The line was opened from Barnstaple to Fremington in 1848. Passenger trains ran throughout...
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in Great Britain Beeching cuts Morrison, Brian (ed.). "The Meldon Quarry Branch". Modern Railways Pictorial, 1986. Ian Allan. p. 16. ISBN 0-7110-1510-4...
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Double-track railway (redirect from Double track line)
that are twinned. One example is the twin Slade tunnels on the Ilfracombe Branch Line in the UK. Twinned structures may be identical in appearance, or...
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railway sections include: Ilfracombe Branch Line – between Braunton and Barnstaple North Devon Railway (Torrington branch) – between Barnstaple, Bideford...
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services from east of Taunton to the seaside resort of Ilfracombe. From 1988 onwards the route of the line west of South Molton was redeveloped to form the...
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passenger train in England which ran between London Waterloo station and Ilfracombe and Plymouth in Devon in the years from 1947 to 1954. The Southern Railway...
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North Devon Railway (section Ilfracombe)
to impose its cuts, and in 1965 the Torrington branch closed to passengers, in 1970 the Ilfracombe line was closed, and the freight-only Barnstaple to...
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Tarka Valley Railway (section History of the line)
section of the Barnstaple to Halwill Junction railway line. So far a short demonstration line of 300 yd (274 metres) of track in the direction of Bideford...
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station after the still active Barnstaple station on the now-closed Ilfracombe Branch Line. Among those who rest in the churchyard is the poet Edward Capern...
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September 2018". Independent.co.uk. 14 September 2018. "Walking the lost rail line from Sheffield to Manchester with TV's Rob Bell - The Star Blackledge.R p...
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of Woody Bay on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway (L&B), the narrow gauge line that originally ran for 19 miles (31 km) through Exmoor from Barnstaple to...
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the former goods shed of the old Braunton Railway Station on the Ilfracombe Branch Line. Several grants were awarded to help open the museum, notably from...
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and although a route was surveyed for a branch line to the bay, it was never constructed. From 1923 the line was operated by the Southern Railway. It...
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introduction of surveyors and roadmakers. Ilfracombe provided work for teamsters up until a branch railway line was opened from Jericho to Blackall in 1908...
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from the south-east (Ilfracombe), passes through the town and then exits to the north-west (Corfield). The Central Western railway line takes the same route...
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services in 1965, the North Cornwall branches in 1966, the Plymouth line in 1968, and Barnstaple to Ilfracombe in 1970. In 2008 First Great Western revived...
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Barnstaple Quay was an intermediate station on the L&SWR line to Ilfracombe in Devon, England. The station opened in 1874, and located on the north bank...
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