Torrington Station - October 1979

Torrington Station - Class 25 - 25248 on the Wirral Railway Circle "Atlantic Coast Express" rail tour from Chester on October 27, 1979. The loco its sister locomotive had repositioned to the other end of the train.

Torrington Station - October 1979

Torrington Station - Class 25 - 25223 on the Wirral Railway Circle "Atlantic Coast Express" rail tour from Chester on October 27, 1979. The loco was about to reposition to the other end of the train prior to departure for Meeth.

Wear Giffard - Abandonment - May 16, 1985

May 1985 and the track between Barnstaple and Torrington remained intact. These Scenes were taken near Wear Giffard between Bideford and Torrington. The scrap man was to arrive shortly after. I wish I have explored more of the line and taken more photographs that day!

Wear Giffard - Abandonment - May 16, 1985

May 1985 and the track between Barnstaple and Torrington remained intact. These Scenes were taken near Wear Giffard between Bideford and Torrington. The scrap man was to arrive shortly after. I wish I have explored more of the line and taken more photographs that day!

Wear Giffard - Abandonment - May 16, 1985

May 1985 and the track between Barnstaple and Torrington remained intact. These Scenes were taken near Wear Giffard between Bideford and Torrington. The scrap man was to arrive shortly after. I wish I have explored more of the line and taken more photographs that day!

Torrington Station - September 03, 1982.

Torrington Station - September 03, 1982. The Station had opened as a terminus on the London and South Western Railway line from Barnstaple Junction on July 18, 1872. It remained a terminus until the opening of the North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway which opened in July 1925. This line formed an end-on junction at Torrington and partly replaced a former mineral railway which had served clay pits in the Meeth and Marland area. However, the North Devon and Cornwall line continued across a sparse agricultural to make a junction with the LSWR line from Okehampton. Though Torrington closed to regular passenger services on October 04, 1965. However, occasional excrusion trains still called. The station remained open for freight traffic including milk and fertilizer. The original goods shed and one platform being replaced by a new rail served fertilizer depot in the 1970s. Unfortunately the milk, fertilizer and clay traffic switched to road transport and the station was finally closed on March 05, 1983. Camera: Contax 139, Carl Zeiss 50mm f1.7 Planar Lens, AGFA CT21 film

Torrington Station - September 03, 1982

Torrington Station from the A386 overbridge. The new fertilizer depot can be seen. Just beyond the station canopy can be seen the milk loading apparatus under its own canopy used for filling tanker trains. The rail served fertilizer depot switched transport to road in the early 1980s. My father's Hillman Super Minx convertible is parked in the station forecourt. Camera: Contax 139, Carl Zeiss 50mm Planar Lens, AGFA CT21 film

Torrington Station - September 03, 1982

Torrington Station from the A386 overbridge. The new fertilizer depot can be seen. Just beyond the station canopy can be seen the milk loading apparatus under its own canopy used for filling tanker trains. The rail served fertilizer depot switched transport to road in the early 1980s. My father's Hillman Super Minx convertible is parked in the station forecourt. Camera: Contax 139, Carl Zeiss 50mm Planar Lens, AGFA CT21 film

Torrington Station - September 03, 1982

One would expect to see a Southern Railway notice painted in green and picked out in white. However, in the early 1960s then British Railways Southern Region (formerly Southern Railway) lines west of Exeter were transferred to the management of British Railways Western Region (the former Great Western Railway) who did some repainting hence the sign shows the WR chocolate and cream colour scheme. Camera: Contax 139, Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm f1.7 lens, AGFA CT21 film

Torrington Station - September 03, 1982

One would expect to see a Southern Railway notice painted in green and picked out in white. However, in the early 1960s then British Railways Southern Region (formerly Southern Railway) lines west of Exeter were transferred to the management of British Railways Western Region (the former Great Western Railway) who did some repainting hence the sign shows the WR chocolate and cream colour scheme. Camera: Contax 139, Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm f1.7 lens, AGFA CT21 film

Torrington Station - September 03, 1982

A monochrome track level view of Torrington Station. Looking back I wish I had taken many more photographs including ones from the north end of the platform, but for some reason I didn't! Camera: Rollei 35 compact, Carl Zeiss Tessar Lens, AGFA DIA-DIRECT monochrome slide film.

Torrington Station - May 16, 1985.

Torrington Photographed on May 16, 1985. The track remains in place but the scrap recovery contractors are at work elsewhere on the line and the track would not remain for much longer. The milk loading apparatus has already been removed. The station has been reopened as a pub and tea rooms - The Puffing Billy. Camera: Contax 137, Carl Zeiss 50mm Planar Lens, AGFA CT100 film

Torrington Station - September 03, 1982.

Torrington Station - September 03, 1982. The Station had opened as a terminus on the London and South Western Railway line from Barnstaple Junction on July 18, 1872. It remained a terminus until the opening of the North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway which opened in July 1925. This line formed an end-on junction at Torrington and partly replaced a former mineral railway which had served clay pits in the Meeth and Marland area. However, the North Devon and Cornwall line continued across a sparse agricultural to make a junction with the LSWR line from Okehampton. Though Torrington closed to regular passenger services on October 04, 1965, occasional excursion trains still called. The station remained open for freight traffic including milk and fertilizer. The original goods shed and one platform being replaced by a new rail served fertilizer depot in the 1970s. Unfortunately the milk, fertilizer and clay traffic switched to road transport and the station was finally closed on March 05, 1983. Camera: Contax 139, Carl Zeiss 50mm f1.7 Planar Lens, AGFA CT21 film