Northam railway station was a railway station

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 in North Devon

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, close to Appledore

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, serving the village of Northam, Parish of Northam; a community within the Appledore peninsula. It was 5 miles and 45 chains from Bideford.

History

This was the terminus station on the line in 1901 prior to the extension to Appledore of 1908. The station stood a lttle way from the village of Northam. Many of the trevellers were golfers on their way to the links on the Burrows.

Infrastructure

Northam had a shelter and one platform of 180 feet length on the down side of the line; it originally had a short run round loop and a signal box and one semaphore signal, however with the completion of the extension to Appledore in 1908 it was reduced to a single line without sidings or signalling. The line, without gates, crossed Pimpley Road on the level before reaching the Richmond Road request halt.

Micro history

In January 1901 a one carriage train ran from Bideford to Northam carrying a few friends of the Directors.

Jack Shears, who lived at Northam, was one of the trackmen who worked to maintain the permanent way.

No photographs appear to exist of Northam railway station.

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