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Chudleigh Knighton Halt railway station

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The first station was constructed of timber with a small corrugated iron pagoda shelter and a simple nameboard, at a cost £300. After WW2 a concrete platform was provided. A level crossing was located at the platform end. The line through the station closed on 4 December 1967 and the track was still
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Passenger numbers reached their peak in the 1930s with seven daily services provided each way between Exeter and Heathfield. During World War 2 this was reduced to four trains in each direction, still with no trains on a Sunday. This was increased to five daily trains after the war.
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at a later date than most of the other stations on the line, was located on the west side of Pipehouse Lane off the B3344, to the south of the village.
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The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.)
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The A38 road now runs over the site of the halt and nothing remains of the station.
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Chudleigh Knighton
Teignbridge
Grid reference
SX844770
Great Western Railway

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Legend
GWML to London
Exeter St Thomas
GWML to Penzance
Alphington Halt
Ide Halt
Longdown
Dunsford Halt
Christow
Ashton
Trusham
Chudleigh Flood Platform
Chudleigh
Chudleigh Knighton Halt
Moretonhampstead
Heathfield (Devon)
Newton Abbot
Teign Valley Line
Chudleigh Knighton
Devon

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