Dunsford Halt railway station
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Dunsford Halt | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Christow, Teignbridge England | ||||
| Coordinates | 50°41′36″N 3°38′43″W / 50.6934°N 3.6452°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SX8389589487 | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
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| 16 January 1928 | Opened[1] | ||||
| 9 June 1958 | Closed to passengers[1] | ||||
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Dunsford Halt was a railway station serving Dunsford, a small village in Devon, England, on the Teign Valley Line between the towns of Newton Abbot and Exeter.
Situated some two miles from Dunsford village, the halt consisted of a single timber edged platform on the south side of the line 100 feet (30 m) in length and a typical basic flat roofed corrugated Great Western Railway iron shelter. It was replaced by a concrete platform after WW2. Dunsford was built some years after the stations on the line to compete against the new bus services.
Passenger numbers reached their peak in the 1930s with seven daily services provided each way between Exeter and Heathfield. During World War II this was reduced to four trains in each direction, still with no trains on a Sunday. This was increased to five daily trains after the war. The line was sometimes used as a diversionary route if the South Devon main line was unavailable.[2]
