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Dunsford Halt railway station

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The Teign Valley line may have a role to play in the future as an alternative to the Devon's main line route along the Dawlish coastline, which is vulnerable to stormy seas. The Council for the Protection of Rural England put together a feasibility study. Some of the old infrastructure is still in
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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 II 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. The line was
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iron shelter. It was replaced by a concrete platform after WW2. Dunsford was built some years after the stations on the line to compete against the new bus services.
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village, the halt consisted of a single timber edged platform on the south side of the line 100 ft in length and a typical basic flat roofed corrugated
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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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sometimes used as a diversionary route if the South Devon main line was unavailable.
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The Exeter and Teign Valley Railway has established a base in the old
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goods yard and plan to re-open the Teign Valley Line.
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place: six of the 21 miles of track remained in 2009.
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Christow
Teignbridge
50°41′36″N 3°38′43″W / 50.6934°N 3.6452°W / 50.6934; -3.6452
Grid reference
SX8389589487
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
Dunsford
Devon
Teign Valley Line
Newton Abbot

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