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Barnstaple

Location type

Station

Names and dates

Barnstaple [LSW] (1854-1970)
Barnstaple Junction (1854-1854)
Barnstaple (1970-)

Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.

Station code: BNP National Rail
Where: West and South West England, England
Opened on the North Devon Railway and Dock.
Opened on the Barnstaple and Ilfracombe Railway.

Nearby stations Barnstaple Town [1st] Barnstaple Town [2nd] Barnstaple Pilton Halt Barnstaple Victoria Road Fremington Snapper Halt Chelfham Wrafton Chapelton Swimbridge Braunton Instow Appledore [Torridge] Lover^s Lane Halt Umberleigh	Barnstaple Goods Barnstaple Shed Raleigh Works Barnstaple Concrete Works Rolles Quay Barnstaple Pilton Yard Barnstaple South Junction Barnstaple East Junction Chelfham Viaduct Appledore Shipyard Bideford Shed Exmoor Steam Railway Castle Hill Tunnel [Filleigh] Slade Tunnel Tourist/other River Taw
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Chronology Dates

/ /1854	North Devon Railway and Dock Barnstaple [LSW] renamed Barnstaple Junction.
/ /1874	Barnstaple and Ilfracombe Railway Opened from Barnstaple Junction to Ilfracombe. Stations opened at Barnstaple Quay, Wrafton, Braunton, Mortehoe, Ilfracombe.
01/06/1887	Devon and Somerset Railway Link to the London and South Western Railway's Barnstaple station opened.
/08/1982	North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway Torrington and Marland Light Railway Torrington Extension (London and South Western Railway) Bideford Extension Railway Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company 'The Devon Explorer' runs from Barnstaple to Meeth Clay Works and return.
08/11/1982	North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway Torrington and Marland Light Railway Torrington Extension (London and South Western Railway) Bideford Extension Railway Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company Line officially closed from Meeth Clay Works to Barnstaple. Clay traffic had transferred to road.
/06/1984	North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway Torrington and Marland Light Railway Torrington Extension (London and South Western Railway) Bideford Extension Railway Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company Track lifting begins, working back from Meeth Clay Works through Torrington and Bideford to Barnstaple.
/07/1991	Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company Line dismantling from the Bideford direction reaches Barnstaple.
/ /1992	North Devon Railway and Dock Following closure of the line to Bideford and beyond and introduction of DMUs the loop is taken out at Barnstaple station.
/08/2009	Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company Bideford Extension Railway 10 miles of model railway track laid from Barnstaple to Bideford along the Tarka Trail for an episode of 'James May's Toy Stories'. Using a series of model trains Instow was reached, 7 miles from the start.

News items

22/11/2022	Network Rail colleagues help out on a blooming good station project [Network Rail]
24/12/2021	Lynton & Barnstaple Railway wins top award for station restoration [DevonLive]
19/10/2012	Tarka line improvements will make for an easier ride [Network Rail]
10/09/2009	Call to rebuild Barnstaple to Bideford Railway [North Devon Gazette]