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<blockquote data-quote="jhluxton" data-source="post: 173878" data-attributes="member: 2478"><p>Barnstaple Town Station Opened on May 16, 1898 on the Barnstaple Junction to Ilfracombe Line. As well as serving the town centre it served as an interchange point with the narrow gauge Lynton and Barnstaple Railway. </p><p></p><p>Originally operated by the London and South Western Railway - it passed to the Southern Railway at the grouping and later British Railways Southern Region and in its final years BR Western Region. The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway closed in 1935. Barnstaple Town closed on October 05, 1970. There was an attempt to reopen the line by the North Devon Railway Company - however, this failed in 1974 and the track was removed. </p><p></p><p>I visited the station on April 08, 1982 when these photographs were taken. By then the station was quite derelict and the viaduct located south of the station and providing a link to Barnstaple Junction on the line to Exeter had been removed.</p><p></p><p>Today the station building has been refurbished and operates as a restaurant retaining many of its original features.</p><p></p><p>General view of the station from the south end looking towards Ilfracombe</p><p><a href="http://jhlphotography.smugmug.com/Railways-and-Tramways/The-Withered-Arm/Barnstaple-Town-Station/14839376_ko8sY#1107121386_PKuLG-A-LB" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]88185[/ATTACH]</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>View looking from the north end of the station south in the direction of Barnstaple Junction. The Lynton and Barnstaple narrow gauge railway departed from the platform face on the left where the wooden fence is located. The L&B closed in 1935.</p><p><a href="http://jhlphotography.smugmug.com/Railways-and-Tramways/The-Withered-Arm/Barnstaple-Town-Station/14839376_ko8sY#1107122055_DgYSv-A-LB" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]88186[/ATTACH]</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The signal box and level crossing at the south end of the station:</p><p><a href="http://jhlphotography.smugmug.com/Railways-and-Tramways/The-Withered-Arm/Barnstaple-Town-Station/14839376_ko8sY#1107122651_kShna-A-LB" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]88187[/ATTACH]</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Barnstaple Town Station viewed from the forecourt</p><p><a href="http://jhlphotography.smugmug.com/Railways-and-Tramways/The-Withered-Arm/Barnstaple-Town-Station/14839376_ko8sY#1107123119_QgPr3-A-LB" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]88188[/ATTACH]</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>View south under the canopy</p><p><a href="http://jhlphotography.smugmug.com/Railways-and-Tramways/The-Withered-Arm/Barnstaple-Town-Station/14839376_ko8sY#1107119495_3Q2vi-A-LB" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]88189[/ATTACH]</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ornamental Iron Work</p><p><a href="http://jhlphotography.smugmug.com/Railways-and-Tramways/The-Withered-Arm/Barnstaple-Town-Station/14839376_ko8sY#1107119790_NPWPb-A-LB" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]88190[/ATTACH]</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>View north - the Lynton and Barnstaple platform face is behind the wooden fence:</p><p><a href="http://jhlphotography.smugmug.com/Railways-and-Tramways/The-Withered-Arm/Barnstaple-Town-Station/14839376_ko8sY#1107120469_EqyeB-A-LB" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]88191[/ATTACH]</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Visit: <a href="http://jhlphotography.smugmug.com/" target="_blank">http://jhlphotography.smugmug.com/</a></p><p>Many Transport and Industrial History photos can be found here!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jhluxton, post: 173878, member: 2478"] Barnstaple Town Station Opened on May 16, 1898 on the Barnstaple Junction to Ilfracombe Line. As well as serving the town centre it served as an interchange point with the narrow gauge Lynton and Barnstaple Railway. Originally operated by the London and South Western Railway - it passed to the Southern Railway at the grouping and later British Railways Southern Region and in its final years BR Western Region. The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway closed in 1935. Barnstaple Town closed on October 05, 1970. There was an attempt to reopen the line by the North Devon Railway Company - however, this failed in 1974 and the track was removed. I visited the station on April 08, 1982 when these photographs were taken. By then the station was quite derelict and the viaduct located south of the station and providing a link to Barnstaple Junction on the line to Exeter had been removed. Today the station building has been refurbished and operates as a restaurant retaining many of its original features. General view of the station from the south end looking towards Ilfracombe [url=http://jhlphotography.smugmug.com/Railways-and-Tramways/The-Withered-Arm/Barnstaple-Town-Station/14839376_ko8sY#1107121386_PKuLG-A-LB][ATTACH=full]88185[/ATTACH][/url] View looking from the north end of the station south in the direction of Barnstaple Junction. The Lynton and Barnstaple narrow gauge railway departed from the platform face on the left where the wooden fence is located. The L&B closed in 1935. [url=http://jhlphotography.smugmug.com/Railways-and-Tramways/The-Withered-Arm/Barnstaple-Town-Station/14839376_ko8sY#1107122055_DgYSv-A-LB][ATTACH=full]88186[/ATTACH][/url] The signal box and level crossing at the south end of the station: [url=http://jhlphotography.smugmug.com/Railways-and-Tramways/The-Withered-Arm/Barnstaple-Town-Station/14839376_ko8sY#1107122651_kShna-A-LB][ATTACH=full]88187[/ATTACH][/url] Barnstaple Town Station viewed from the forecourt [url=http://jhlphotography.smugmug.com/Railways-and-Tramways/The-Withered-Arm/Barnstaple-Town-Station/14839376_ko8sY#1107123119_QgPr3-A-LB][ATTACH=full]88188[/ATTACH][/url] View south under the canopy [url=http://jhlphotography.smugmug.com/Railways-and-Tramways/The-Withered-Arm/Barnstaple-Town-Station/14839376_ko8sY#1107119495_3Q2vi-A-LB][ATTACH=full]88189[/ATTACH][/url] Ornamental Iron Work [url=http://jhlphotography.smugmug.com/Railways-and-Tramways/The-Withered-Arm/Barnstaple-Town-Station/14839376_ko8sY#1107119790_NPWPb-A-LB][ATTACH=full]88190[/ATTACH][/url] View north - the Lynton and Barnstaple platform face is behind the wooden fence: [url=http://jhlphotography.smugmug.com/Railways-and-Tramways/The-Withered-Arm/Barnstaple-Town-Station/14839376_ko8sY#1107120469_EqyeB-A-LB][ATTACH=full]88191[/ATTACH][/url] Visit: [url]http://jhlphotography.smugmug.com/[/url] Many Transport and Industrial History photos can be found here! [/QUOTE]
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