Train GraphicClick on the map to explore geographics
 
I need help
FAQ
Emergency
About .
No recent travel & transport from BBC stories as at 19:55 30 Apr 2025
Read about the forum [here].
Register [here] - it's free.
What do I gain from registering? [here]
 05/05/25 - Walk to Pilning
10/05/25 - BRTA Westbury
10/05/25 - Model Railway Show, Calne
13/05/25 - Melksham TUG / AGM

On this day
30th Apr (1972)
Brighton Belle withdrawn (link)

Train RunningCancelled
17:27 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
18:08 London Paddington to Frome
19:58 Bourne End to Marlow
20:16 Frome to Westbury
Short Run
15:50 Penzance to Gloucester
17:10 Gloucester to Weymouth
20:20 Carmarthen to Bristol Parkway
21:11 Gloucester to Bristol Temple Meads
Delayed
15:03 London Paddington to Penzance
17:03 London Paddington to Penzance
18:02 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington
Abbreviation pageAcronymns and abbreviations
Stn ComparatorStation Comparator
Rail newsNews Now - live rail news feed
Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple MeadsBath SpaChippenhamSwindonDidcot ParkwayReadingLondon PaddingtonMelksham
Exeter St DavidsTauntonWestburyTrowbridgeBristol ParkwayCardiff CentralOxfordCheltenham SpaBirmingham New Street
April 30, 2025, 20:12:01 *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Forgotten your username or password? - get a reminder
Most recently liked subjects
[105] Cash payments for transport services
[102] Longer distance canal walks - public transport for one way sec...
[71] What and why - on the platform
[53] Experiences of a newcomer(?) to rail travel
[49] Delays because of a points failure between Bristol Parkway and...
[46] Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsew...
 
News: A forum for passengers ... with input from rail professionals welcomed too
 
   Home   Help Search Calendar Login Register  
Pages: [1]
  Print  
Author Topic: [otd] 9th June 1958 - Closure of Chudleigh Flood Platform  (Read 1615 times)
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 43936



View Profile WWW Email
« on: June 09, 2023, 02:21:19 »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chudleigh_Flood_Platform_railway_station

Quote
Chudleigh Flood Platform railway station was a railway station near Chudleigh, a small town in South Devon, England located between Newton Abbot and Exeter. Opened in 1920, it saw only occasional use each year as it was constructed as an alternative station for use when Chudleigh was flooded by the River Teign, this being a recurring seasonal problem

The station was built on higher ground, circa 100 yards from Chudleigh railway station on the line towards Trusham railway station. This very unusual station had a short wooden platform, long enough for one door on a carriage. It was on the north side of the single track line and was connected to nearby Pottery Lane by a raised wooden gangway with white painted hand rails. Passengers unable to alight at Chudleigh railway station were able to disembark and walk to the lane where a bus would take them to Heathfield railway station so that they could continue their rail journey.[3] Passengers were also able to board the train here.

Film of the Teign Valley line dating from 1958 shows the Chudleigh Flood Platform station still present with the hand rails painted white.

The station was closed by British Railways (Western Region) to passengers on 9 June 1958 when passenger trains were withdrawn from the Teign Valley Line.

About Christow on the same line

Quote
The station building is now a private house and the trackbed has been infilled to platform height.

The Teign Valley line may have a role to play in the future, as an alternative to the Devon's main line route along the Dawlish coastline which is vulnerable to stormy seas. The Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE (Campaign to Protect Rural England)) put together a feasibility study. Some of the old infrastructure is still in place - six of the 21 miles of track remained in 2009.

The Exeter and Teign Valley Railway has established a base in the old Christow station goods yard and plans to re-open the Teign Valley Line.
Logged

Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member
Do you have something you would like to add to this thread, or would you like to raise a new question at the Coffee Shop? Please [register] (it is free) if you have not done so before, or login (at the top of this page) if you already have an account - we would love to read what you have to say!

You can find out more about how this forum works [here] - that will link you to a copy of the forum agreement that you can read before you join, and tell you very much more about how we operate. We are an independent forum, provided and run by customers of Great Western Railway, for customers of Great Western Railway and we welcome railway professionals as members too, in either a personal or official capacity. Views expressed in posts are not necessarily the views of the operators of the forum.

As well as posting messages onto existing threads, and starting new subjects, members can communicate with each other through personal messages if they wish. And once members have made a certain number of posts, they will automatically be admitted to the "frequent posters club", where subjects not-for-public-domain are discussed; anything from the occasional rant to meetups we may be having ...

 
Pages: [1]
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.2 | SMF © 2006-2007, Simple Machines LLC Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
This forum is provided by customers of Great Western Railway (formerly First Great Western), and the views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that the content provided by one of our posters contravenes our posting rules via admin@railcustomer.info. Full legal statement (here).

Jump to top of pageJump to Forum Home Page