Gara Bridge railway station
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Gara Bridge railway station was a station on the Kingsbridge
branch of the GWR
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Opened in December 1893 the stone built station was the only one on the line to have a passing loop.
Despite a great deal of local opposition station was closed for freight and passengers on 16 September 1963, and is now a private dwelling.
Kingsbridge
Kingsbridge is a market town and popular tourist hub in the South Hams district of Devon, England, with a population of about 5,800. It is situated at the northern end of the Kingsbridge Estuary, which is a textbook example of a ria and extends to the sea six miles south of the town.-History:The...
branch of the GWR
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
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Opened in December 1893 the stone built station was the only one on the line to have a passing loop.
Despite a great deal of local opposition station was closed for freight and passengers on 16 September 1963, and is now a private dwelling.