Hole railway station

Hole
Hole
	Track approaching former station
General information
Location	Just south west of the village of Highampton, Torridge; England
Grid reference	SS469035
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway
Post-grouping	North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway; Southern Region of British Railways;
Key dates
27 July 1925	Opened
1 March 1965	Closed

Hole Railway Station^[1] was a small halt on the North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway in the U.K. between Torrington and Halwill Junction, serving villages such as Black Torrington, Highampton and Sheepwash. The line, which opened in 1925, was a private line until it became part of the Southern Region of British Railways^[2] in 1948. The line closed in 1965^[3] as part of the Beeching proposals, freight services having been withdrawn earlier on this section of the line.

References

^ Map of Station’s position Archived 20 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ V. Mitchell and K. Smith. Branch Lines to Torrington (1994 ed.). Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-37-5.
^ Atterbury, P. (2009). Discovering Britain's lost railways. Basingstoke: AA Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7495-6370-7.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Hatherleigh		North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway (1925 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1965)		Halwill