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Pixton Park, south front. Pixton Park is a country house in the parish of Dulverton, Somerset, England.It is associated with at least three historically significant families, successively by descent: Acland, amongst the largest landowners in the West Country; Herbert, politicians and diplomats; and Waugh, writers.
The station was used as a location setting for the Ealing Studios 1944 film The Halfway House. [23] The station was host to a GWR camp coach from 1936 to 1939. [24] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Western Region in 1952, 1953 and 1955. [25] Goods traffic ceased from 30 September 1963.
Dulverton is a town and civil parish in west Somerset, England, near the border with Devon.The town had a population of 1,408 at the 2011 Census. [2] The parish includes the hamlets of Battleton and Ashwick which is located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north west of Dulverton.
From 1 October 1923 the staff were withdrawn from the station and it was designated 'Up Exe Halt'. The station master's house was then used by the level crossing keeper, and the station buildings became a house while the passengers were given a small iron shelter. Both of the houses remained in use as such after the closure of the line. [15]
The halt was a single platform and was designated as a halt throughout its working life. Trains on the Exe Valley line continued to terminate at Dulverton, the next station to the west. British Railways withdrew services from the Exe Valley line in 1963 and from the Devon and Somerset line in 1966.
The station served the town of Dulverton and from 1884 acted also as the junction station for the Exe Valley Railway. Exe Valley services ceased with the closure of the line on 7 October 1963. Goods services were withdrawn at Dulverton the following year and complete closure of the Devon and Somerset line came on 3 October 1966.
At an altitude of 126 m (413 ft) Wiveliscombe is the highest town in Somerset after Dulverton. The town used to have a station on the Devon and Somerset Railway which closed in 1966. Clatworthy Reservoir is nearby.
The list of closed railway stations in Britain includes the following: Year of closure is given if known. Stations reopened as heritage railways continue to be included in this list and some have been linked. Some stations have been reopened to passenger traffic. Some lines remain in use for freight and mineral traffic.
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