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Train at Meldon Viaduct Station. A new station at Meldon Quarry was opened during 2000 by Dartmoor Railway to act as the terminus of a passenger service from Okehampton. It has a single platform adjacent to the former up line but situated slightly nearer to Okehampton than the former Staff Halt.
Meldon quarry site in 2002 with the viaduct in the background. Meldon Quarry is a granite quarry in Devon, England. It is at the northern edge of Dartmoor, about 2 miles SW of Okehampton. It was developed from 1897 to supply track ballast and other stone products for the London and South Western Railway (LSWR). It was privatised in 1994.
The quarry at Meldon was mothballed in 2011, bringing an end to stone freight trains using the line. Heritage train services ceased in December 2019 and, in February 2020, the railway entered administration. [13] Rolling stock based at Okehampton station was moved to Meldon Quarry, with most offered for resale. [14]
Meldon: North British Railway: 1952 Meldon Quarry Halt: London & South Western Railway: 1968 new station opened by Dartmoor Rly Meliden: LNWR: 1930 Melksham: GWR: 1966 reopened 1985 Melling: Furness and Midland Joint Railway: 1952 Mellis: GER: 1966 Mells Road: GWR: 1959 Melmerby: NER: 1967 Melrose: North British Railway: 1969 Meltham ...
Meldon is a hamlet in West Devon, on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, England. [1] It is 4 km south-west of Okehampton . Its main features are the Meldon Quarry and Meldon Reservoir and the nearby Meldon Viaduct .
Prior to its reopening, the Dartmoor Line had not seen regular passenger service since 1972. It was used from then as a freight and heritage railway line, with trains carrying stone from Meldon Quarry and a heritage passenger service between Meldon Viaduct and Sampford Courtenay.
The quarry, untouched for more than three decades, no longer had working roads that would carry trucks down into the quarry pit, and 30-year-old trees had grown up throughout the area. 200 ...
Meldon Summit to the west of Meldon Junction was the highest point on the line. Indeed, it was the highest point on the whole of the Southern Railway, at 950 feet (290 m) above sea level. [11] [page needed] The GWR route from Lydford to Plymouth crossed many valleys on timber viaducts.