The North Devon Railway was a railway company which operated a line from Cowley Bridge Junction, near Exeter, to Bideford in Devon, England, later becoming part of the London and South Western Railway
The iron railway bridge over the River Taw south of Barnstaple in 1854
Opening ceremony of the North Devon Railway at Barnstaple
The first Bideford railway station was opened on 2 November 1855 as the terminus of the Bideford Extension Railway from Barnstaple. This was taken over by the London and South Western Railway about te
North Devon Railway
…Bideford; The original terminus was north of the town, and it became "Bideford Goods" when the Torrington extension was opened Bideford A new passenger station was provided half a mile nearer the town. Torrington; the terminus was awkwardly placed about a mile west of the town…