Ashburton Station
In recent years proposals to redevelop the station site at Ashburton has led to the creation of a Friends of Ashburton Station group. Suggestions are also being made that perhaps one day the railway could be rebuilt between Buckfastleigh and Ashburton using a new alignment to the side of the A38.
Ashburton Station, Devon - October 28, 2015
The locomotive shed - at the the Buckfastleigh end of the station.
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Ashburton Station, Devon - October 28, 2015
Ashburton Station train shed and station building which currently trades as the Station Garage. The future of the whole site is now uncertain and a group the Friends of Ashburton Station is campaigning to retain the railway features of the station site.
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Ashburton Station, Devon - October 28, 2015
Ashburton station building
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Ashburton Station, Devon - October 28, 2015
A view across the station site showing the goods shed and a modern extension to the Brunel train shed.
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Ashburton Station, Devon - October 28, 2015
Locomotive shed from the station side showing the modern extension added for industrial use.
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Ashburton Station, Devon - October 28, 2015
View across the station site towards the goods shed
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Ashburton Station, Devon - October 28, 2015
The goods yard. Tuckers Maltings buildings on the left, goods shed centre. Tracks passed to the right of the car and van to enter the train shed.
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Ashburton Station, Devon - October 28, 2015
The Goods Shed which is now used as offices.
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Ashburton Station, Devon - October 28, 2015
The former Station Hotel left, has since the closure of the railway traded as "The Silent Whistle"
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