Petrockstow
Location type
StationName and dates
PetrockstowOpened on the North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway.
| Nearby stations Dunsbear Halt Meeth Halt Yarde Halt Hatherleigh Hole Watergate Halt Torrington Halwill Dunsland Cross Portsmouth Arms Ashbury King^s Nympton Umberleigh Sampford Courtenay Maddaford Moor Halt | Courtmoor Quarry Westbear Quarry Marland Clay Works Glebe Pit [Meeth] Meeth Clay Works Torrington Viaduct Railway Cottage Bideford Shed Meldon Quarry Meldon Junction Meldon Viaduct Derriton Viaduct Appledore Shipyard Barnstaple Shed Barnstaple South Junction |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1925 | North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway Opened from Torrington (Torrington Extension (London and South Western Railway)) to Halwill Junction (Holsworthy Branch (London and South Western Railway)). Much of the Torrington and Marland Light Railway was used, having been converted into a standard gauge railway. Stations opened at Dunsbear Halt, Petrockstow, Meeth Halt, Hatherleigh, Hole. The Marland Clay Works lines remained 3ft and in use. |
| / /1965 | 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 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. |
| / /1968 | Torrington and Marland Light Railway Petrockstow to near Meeth Clay Works becomes privately owned. |
