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Staverton Station (South Devon Railway)
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! - WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP RUN STAVERTON STATION? Then read on...
Fancy joining the South Devon Railway and helping to run our friendly country station? We are looking for new Stationmasters to run the Booking Office and/or signal box - full training is provided. There‘s varying restoration projects to get involved with too! Please go to http://www.southdevonrailway.org/Membership-Form.html to obtain a membership form and contact steve.ash@live.co.uk to arrange a visit to Staverton Station.
(Site last updated: 01/09/2010 - various pages).
STAVERTON STATION lies on the South Devon Railway between Buckfastleigh and Totnes (Littlehempston) Stations.
The STAVERTON PRESERVATION GROUP are a dedicated band of volunteers from the South Devon Railway Association who restore, care for and maintain one of the most picturesque Great Western country stations.
THE WAGON REPAIR WORKSHOP, are also based at Staverton and carry out all manner of repairs and restoration to wagons used on the SDR.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LINE.
The line was built by the South Devon Railway and first opened on 1st May 1872. It was taken over by the Great Western Railway in 1876. The Ashburton branch, along with many other rural branch lines, never made a profit. Goods traffic, mainly coal, wool, cider and agricultural items were the lifeblood of the line and such was the volume of goods traffic that an extension had to be built to the goods shed at Buckfastleigh in 1906.
Continuing to run through two World Wars, nationalised in 1948, the decline came to a head on 3rd November 1958 when the last passenger train ran, before even Dr. Beeching came on the scene. Freight however, continued until September 1962 when that finally dwindled to nothing.
The line closed to all traffic on 7th September 1962 and was re-opened as a preserved steam line on 5th April 1969.
All volunteers are members of the South Devon Railway Association, who provide assistance to the South Devon Railway Trust - Registered Charity No. 800299
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