BARNSTAPLE TOWN

9th August 2007

Barnstaple Town was one of two LSWR stations in Barnstaple, the other being Barnstaple Junction which is still open. Town station was located on the branch to Ilfracombe and replaced the eariler Barnstaple Quay station. It was opened in 1898 to serve as the junction with the narrow gauge Lynton & Barnstaple Railway. Both lines passed to the Southern Railway in 1923 and the L&B was closed in 1935. Barnstaple Town lingered on until 1970 when it closed along with the Ilfracombe branch. During the 1980s and 90s the station building was used as an Indian restaurant and the signal box served as a museum for the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Association. Both buildings are now used by Pathfield School Sixth Form. OS: SS557331

A DMU on the viaduct en route to Barnstaple Town from Barnstaple Junction. 1964. (Photo: P.G. Marks).	Looking back towards Barnstaple Junction from just outside Barnstaple Town. The viaduct has disappeared completely. 31st July 2007.	Looking towards Barnstaple Junction from Barnstaple Town signal box. 31st July 2007.	The surviving signal box at Barnstaple Town. 31st July 2007.
Barnstaple Town station frontage. 31st July 2007.	The passenger entrance - it originally sported a canopy. 31st July 2007.	The station seen from the forecourt side. (Photo courtesy of John Lucas). 13th June 2001.	BR(S) nameboard on the station front. 31st July 2007.
The platform side of the station building. 31st July 2007.	Ironwork on the platform awning. 31st July 2007.	The site of the L&B platform looking in the Lynton direction. 31st July 2007.

Mapping images used on this site produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Images reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.