Wrafton

Wrafton was a stop on the Ilfracombe Branch Line in North Devon between Barnstaple Town and Braunton. 

Former Wrafton station (KD collection)

Information
Type:	National Rail (Ilfracombe Branch Line)
Opened:	1874
Closed:	1970
Platforms:	2

Wrafton was opened by the London & South Western Railway in 1874 on it's new branch line between Barnstaple Junction and Ilfracombe. Wrafton was the smallest station on the line. It had a small goods yard, one of the sidings being dedicated for the nearby RAF base at Chivenor. Two camping coaches were situated at the station between 1954 and 1964.

Although the line was successful enough for it to be doubled in 1889, the line went into decline after the Second World War. The line and the stations on it were closed in 1970. Wrafton's station building has now become a private house though has been restored to resemble the station as it would have looked when open including a station name board and a signal.

Yeo Mill Halt

Yeo Mill Halt was a stop on the Devon & Somerset Railway in Devon between East Anstey and Bishops Nympton & Molland.

Yeo Mill Halt (KD collection)

Information
Type:	National Rail (Devon & Somerset Railway)
Opened:	1932
Closed:	1966
Platforms:	1

The station was the last to be opened on the Devon & Somerset Railway (which opened in 1871), Yeo Mill Halt was not opened until 1932. The station was very basic with a single wooden platform and a shelter. The station was managed from East Anstey. It was closed along with the rest of the line in 1966. The station was demolished and within a few years there was little trace left of the halt.

Petrockstow

Petrockstow was a stop in West Devon between Dunsbear Halt and Meeth Halt. 

Petrockstow station (KD collection)

Information
Type:	National Rail (North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway)
Opened:	1925
Closed:	1965
Platforms:	2

The station was opened in 1925 though the line had existed since the 1880s as a narrow gauge mineral railway (Torrington & Marland Railway) carrying clay from Meeth to Torrington. The narrow gauge line was converted to standard gauge and became the basis of the Northern half of the North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway. The railway remained independent until rail nationalisation in 1948.

Petrockstow served the nearby village of Petrockstowe (the station name was without the extra "e"!) The station was closed in 1965 when passenger services ceased on the line. The line continued to be used for freight until 1982. The site of the station is now part of the Tarka Trail network of footpaths but parts of the station including the platforms remain (if overgrown).

Level crossing sign (KD collection)

Tipton St Johns

Tipton St Johns was a stop on the Sidmouth Railway in Devon between Ottery St Mary and Sidmouth. The station was at a junction with a branch line to Budleigh Salterton via Newton Poppleford.

A DMU arrives at Tipton St Johns (KD Collection)

Information
Type:	National Rail (Sidmouth Railway)
Opened:	1874
Closed:	1967
Platforms:	2

The station was opened as Tipton in 1874 by the Sidmouth Railway. The station changed it's name to Tipton St Johns in 1891. In 1897 a branch line was opened to Budleigh Salterton, the station being expanded with extra sidings.

The station was later part of British Railway's Southern Region. A camping coach was situated at the station during the 1950s and 1960s. The station was closed to first passenger services and a few months later freight in early 1967. The station building is now a private residence.