Kenwith Castle Halt railway station

Kenwith Castle Halt was a minor railway station or halt/request stop in north Devon, close to Bideford, serving the nearby castle of that name.Jenkins, Page 110 It lay from Bideford Quay.Jenkins, Page 62

History This was to have been the site of the junction for a proposed line — the Bideford, Clovelly and Hartland Light Railway — running over ten miles to Clovelly.Jenkins, Page 33

Infrastructure Kenwith Castle Halt had no platform or shelter and was sited at an ungated level crossing on the road to the castle; the gates had been removed in 1905.Jenkins, Page 141 The line ran through a cutting at this point. No sidings or freight facilities were provided.Jenkins, Page 93Jenkins, Page 96

Micro history In January 1901, the first train, with one carriage, ran from Bideford to Northam carrying a few friends of the Directors.Baxter, Page 6

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