Barnstaple

Location type

Station

Names and dates

Barnstaple [LSW] (1854-1970)
Barnstaple Junction (1854-1854)
Barnstaple (1970-)

Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.

Station code: BNP National Rail
Where: West and South West England, England
Opened on the North Devon Railway and Dock.
Opened on the Barnstaple and Ilfracombe Railway.




Chronology Dates

  /  /1854North Devon Railway and Dock
Barnstaple [LSW] renamed Barnstaple Junction.
  /  /1874Barnstaple and Ilfracombe Railway
Opened from Barnstaple Junction to Ilfracombe. Stations opened at Barnstaple Quay, Wrafton, Braunton, Mortehoe, Ilfracombe.
01/06/1887Devon and Somerset Railway
Link to the London and South Western Railway's Barnstaple station opened.
  /08/1982North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway
Torrington and Marland Light Railway
Torrington Extension (London and South Western Railway)
Bideford Extension Railway
Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company
'The Devon Explorer' runs from Barnstaple to Meeth Clay Works and return.
08/11/1982North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway
Torrington and Marland Light Railway
Torrington Extension (London and South Western Railway)
Bideford Extension Railway
Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company
Line officially closed from Meeth Clay Works to Barnstaple. Clay traffic had transferred to road.
  /06/1984North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway
Torrington and Marland Light Railway
Torrington Extension (London and South Western Railway)
Bideford Extension Railway
Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company
Track lifting begins, working back from Meeth Clay Works through Torrington and Bideford to Barnstaple.
  /07/1991Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company
Line dismantling from the Bideford direction reaches Barnstaple.
  /  /1992North Devon Railway and Dock
Following closure of the line to Bideford and beyond and introduction of DMUs the loop is taken out at Barnstaple station.
  /08/2009Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company
Bideford Extension Railway

10 miles of model railway track laid from Barnstaple to Bideford along the Tarka Trail for an episode of 'James May's Toy Stories'. Using a series of model trains Instow was reached, 7 miles from the start.

News items

22/11/2022Network Rail colleagues help out on a blooming good station project [Network Rail]
24/12/2021Lynton & Barnstaple Railway wins top award for station restoration [DevonLive]
19/10/2012Tarka line improvements will make for an easier ride [Network Rail]
10/09/2009Call to rebuild Barnstaple to Bideford Railway [North Devon Gazette]