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From 1880 it connected with the narrow gauge freight only Torrington and Marland Railway. On grouping in 1923 the Torrington to Barnstaple line became part of the Southern Railway. In 1925 the narrow gauge Torrington and Marland Railway was rebuilt as a standard gauge line and opened through to Halwill Junction as the North Devon and Cornwall ...
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Map of the line The North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway was a railway built to serve numerous ball clay pits that lay in the space between the London and South Western Railway 's Torrington branch, an extension of the North Devon Railway group, and Halwill , an important rural junction on the North Cornwall Railway and its ...
The Tarka Valley Railway in Devon, England, is a heritage railway that plans to rebuild the Torrington to Bideford section of the Barnstaple to Halwill Junction railway line. So far a short demonstration line of 300 yd (274 metres) of track in the direction of Bideford plus a siding alongside the old coal dock have been re-laid.
Guilford Rail System: Primarily a heritage railroad, but also provides freight service between Waterbury and Torrington. Railroad Museum of New England [1] New England Central Railroad: NECR 1995 Central Vermont Railway: Operates a main line between New London and the Massachusetts state line, via Willimantic. Genesee & Wyoming [1] Pan Am ...
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Steam locomotives were used on both the main railway and the internal lines in the clay pits. In 1925 the main line was replaced with a standard gauge branch of the North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway. The Torrington and Marland was cut back to a 1½ mile stub and the internal quarry lines.
This station was resited in 1872 when the line was extended to Torrington. The station in 1964. Regular passenger trains from Barnstaple were withdrawn on Saturday 2 October 1965 although special trains occasionally used the station until the line was finally closed to freight in 1982. [2] After closure a railway preservation society was formed ...