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The station was originally constructed circa 1890 as Meldon Quarry Halt by the London and South Western Railway. This station had no public access and merely functioned as a staff halt for quarry workers, their families and other railway staff working at Meldon Quarry. The quarry originally had no metalled road access and some quarry workers ...
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, Northumberland England: Grid reference: Platforms: 1: Other information; Status: Disused: History; Original company: Wansbeck Railway: Pre-grouping: North British Railway: Post-grouping: London and North Eastern Railway North Eastern Region of British Railways: Key dates; 23 July 1862: Station opened: 13 September 1952: Station closed ...
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 ...
Okehampton railway station is a terminus railway station on the ... for the purposes of freight thanks to the activities of the British Rail ballast quarry at Meldon, ...
The Michigan Central Station restoration used limestone on the façade and interior obtained from the Lawrence County, Indiana quarry that provided the original limestone. This image of hauling ...
The track is still extant to the former Meldon Quarry railway station to the west, where the track breaks. Tavistock lacks a rail connection, and the final section of the original main line, from Bere Alston , continues to Plymouth as part of the Tamar Valley Line .