For the station in Sussex see Heathfield (Sussex) railway station

Heathfield (Sussex) railway station

Heathfield railway station was on the Cuckoo Line between Horam and Mayfield, serving the market town of Heathfield.It was built in 1880 by London, Brighton and South Coast Railway on the line extension from Hailsham to Eridge.- Present day :...

Heathfield railway station was on the Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway

Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway

The Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway was a broad gauge railway which linked the South Devon Railway at Newton Abbot railway station with Bovey Tracey and Moretonhampstead, Devon, England.-History of the line:...

 at Heathfield, nearly 4 miles from Newton Abbot

Newton Abbot

Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parish in the Teignbridge District of Devon, England on the River Teign, with a population of 23,580....

, Devon

Devon

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, England

England

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The station was opened with the line on 26 June 1866 as Chudleigh Road, but was renamed on 1 October 1882.

The station became a junction when the Teign Valley Railway

Teign Valley Line

The Teign Valley Line was a single track railway line that ran from Heathfield, Devon to Exeter via the Teign Valley. Its main stations were at , Christow and Ide, and it joined the South Devon main line at Exeter City Basin Junction.-History:...

 opened to Ashton, Devon

Ashton, Devon

Ashton is a civil parish in the Teignbridge district of Devon, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 174. The parish consists of two villages, Higher Ashton and Lower Ashton, and is on the edge of the Dartmoor National Park....

 in 1874. Until 23 May 1892 all traffic between the two lines had to be transferred at Heathfield as the Moretonhampstead line was built to the in broad gauge

Broad gauge

Broad-gauge railways use a track gauge greater than the standard gauge of .- List :For list see: List of broad gauges, by gauge and country- History :...

, but the Teign Valley was in standard gauge

Standard gauge

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The large pottery

Pottery

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 of Candy and Company was situated alongside the station and was served by its own siding.

The last passenger trains ran on 28 February 1959. Since 6 July 1970 Heathfield has been the terminus of the branch line, the few trains running this far serving an oil terminal that opened in 1965.