Ashburton railway station
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Ashburton railway station was opened by the Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway on 1 May 1872. The railway was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway in 1897 and this in turn was nationalised into British Railways on 1 January 1948.
The station closed to passengers in November 1958 although goods traffic on the line continued until 7 September 1962.
It was re-opened by the Dart Valley Railway, another heritage railway, on 5 April 1969, but the station was closed finally in 1971 when line between Ashburton and Buckfastleigh was needed for improvements to the A38 road.
The station buildings with the important overall roof and the nearby goods shed both still stand as reminders of the town's railway past.
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