Instow

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Instow

Opened on the Bideford Extension Railway.



Chronology Dates

  /  /1855Bideford Extension Railway
Opened from Fremington to Bideford [1st]. Instow and Bideford [1st] opened.
  /  /1965North 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
Torrington closed to regular passenger trains. Hole, Hatherleigh, Meeth Halt, Petrockstow, Dunsbear Halt, Yarde Halt, Watergate Halt, Torrington, Bideford [2nd], Instow, Fremington. Halwill to near Meeth Clay Works closed.
  /08/2009Taw 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.