Lustleigh railway station

Lustleigh station was on the Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway serving the village of Lustleigh, Devon, England.

Lustleigh
Lustleigh station in 1912 with a train for Moretonhampstead
Location	Lustleigh, Teignbridge England
Grid reference	SX786814
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
4 July 1866	Opened[1]
2 March 1959	Closed to passengers[1]
1964	Line closed to goods traffic

Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway
Moretonhampstead  A382  Lustleigh Hawkmoor Halt / Pullabrook Halt Bovey Brimley Halt Teign Valley Line Heathfield  A38  Teigngrace Halt Exeter Road GWML to London Newton Abbot GWML to Penzance

Lustleigh was the penultimate station on this 12.3 mile (20 km) branchline off the South Devon Main Line. It had a single platform and one siding.[2] The platform survives and the station building has been greatly enlarged.

The Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway company was formed in 1861, and work on the line commenced in 1863. The line opened to the public in 1866 and converted from broad gauge to standard gauge in 1892.

The station was host to a GWR camp coach from 1934 to 1939.[3][4] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Western Region from 1952 to 1958.[5]

The station closed to passengers on 28 February 1959, with goods trains continuing until 1964. The station was used on 28 February 1931 [6] for the film The Hound of the Baskervilles, its name being temporarily changed to Baskerville.[7][8]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Pullabrook Halt		Newton Abbot to Moretonhampstead Great Western Railway		Moretonhampstead

References

Notes

1. Butt, Page 151
2. "Lustleigh station on OS 25 inch map Devon C.4 (Bovey Tracey; Lustleigh)". National Library of Scotland. 1905. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
3. McRae 1997, page 31
4. Fenton 1999, page 51
5. McRae 1998, page 95
6. Railway Magazine No.407 May 1931 P.418
7. Railway Magazine no. 407 May 1931 P.412
8. Ewan, Page 43

Sources

• Butt, R (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1.
• Ewan, M (1964). The Haytor Granite Tramway & Stover Canal. Newton Abbot: David & Charles.
• Fenton, Mike (1999). Camp Coach Holidays on the G.W.R. Wild Swan. pp. 196–197. ISBN 1-874103-53-4.
• McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
• McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.

Further reading

• Beck, Keith; Copsey, John (1990). The Great Western in South Devon. Didcot: Wild Swan Publications. ISBN 0-906867-90-8.
• Jenkins, S C; Pomroy, L J (1989). The Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway. Oxford: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-389-3.

External links

• "Lustleigh station". Disused stations.