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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.
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 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 Goods services were withdrawn at Dulverton the following year and complete closure of the Devon and Somerset line came on 3 October 1966.
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.
From 1 October 1923 the staff were withdrawn from the station and it was designated 'Up Exe Halt'.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]
Dulverton was a rural district in Somerset, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was created in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894 . In 1974 it was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 and responsibilities transferred to West Somerset .
Tiverton Parkway railway station is on the Bristol to Exeter line in Devon, England. Despite being named after the town of Tiverton, it is actually located a short distance from the village of Sampford Peverell , 6 miles (9.7 km) to the east of Tiverton , and close to the junction of the M5 motorway with the A361 North Devon link road .