Global InformationMaddaford Moor Halt railway station information
Maddaford Moor Halt | |
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 The site of the station in 2004 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Thorndon Cross, West Devon England |
| Grid reference | SX5318894038 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Southern Railway |
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| Key dates | |
| 26 July 1926[1] | Opened |
| 3 October 1966[1] | Closed |
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Maddaford Moor Halt was a railway station on the Bude Branch that closed in 1966. The halt was located where the line passed under the A3079, at a hamlet now known as Thorndon Cross, four miles west of Okehampton. Maddaford Moor Halt was opened in 1926 by the Southern Railway (SR) many years after the line to serve the coastal town of Bude was opened in 1898.
The station had been proposed for closure in the Beeching Report. Earlier name boards carried the full name of Maddaford Moor Halt for Thorndon Cross.[2] The halt served the remote community around Maddaford Moor.[3] A health resort had been planned, but never constructed, although some housing was built nearby.[4]
- ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 152
- ^ Maddaford Moor Halt Retrieved : 2012-10-16
- ^ Ruins of Maddaford Moor Halt Retrieved : 2012-10-16
- ^ Mitchell, Page 111