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Buddle Close, TAVISTOCK, PL19 0EG

The view from the former railway viaduct looking away from Tavistock. The road on the right led into the former station goods yard and upside platforms.

Viewed from Tavistock Viaduct, the photograph shows Bannawell Street on the left, Lakeside on the right, and houses on Drake Road on the upper right.

A modern suburban development on the northern edge of Tavistock. It's a short walk from the town centre to here but very steep uphill.

Taken a little further up the road shown in Image

This now carries NCN27 as part of the Devon Coast to Coast route

The viaduct was opened in 1890 on the Plymouth Devonport and South Western Junction Railway's double track line from Plymouth to Lydford. The tracks were lifted after closure in 1968 and the trackbed now forms a section of the National Cycle Network's Route 27, the Devon Coast to Coast route. (From a purely Geograph point of view the 248000 Easting gridline crosses the viaduct around its halfway point so this view is looking into Image too.)

Tavistock North shut from May 1968 when the line from Bere Alston to Okehampton was closed. This was on the Plymouth to Exeter railway line and Tavistock North station was sold into private ownership as were most of the stations along this route.

The viaduct of the former LSWR route from Plymouth via Okehampton to Exeter and on to London (Waterloo) crosses high above the town. These old houses are in Taylor Square. The viaduct is now a permissive path.

The station was opened in 1890 on the Plymouth Devonport and South Western Junction Railway's line from Plymouth to Lydford where it joined with the London & South Western Railway's line from London. The L&SWR gained running rights on the line to enable them to run trains directly from London to Plymouth in competition with the Great Western Railway. The station was called Tavistock North to avoid it being confused with the separate Great Western Railway station which was named Tavistock South. Although the line was closed in 1968, the station, which is constructed of Dartmoor granite, survived, eventually being accorded Grade II listed building status in 1999. In 2007 it was converted into three exclusive self catering accommodation apartments, the website for which is here http://www.oldtavistockrailwaystation.co.uk/index.html

Tavistock North Railway Station was completed on 19th July 1889 and was opened to passenger traffic on 2nd June 1890. It served the Plymouth, Devonport & South Western Junction Railway. The Beeching Report took its toll and the last train to use this station was on 6th May 1968. During May 1999 the building became Grade II listed by English Heritage. During May 2008 the building was renovated and remodelled into three holiday houses. More details http://www.oldtavistockrailwaystation.co.uk/history-tavistockrailway/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavistock_North_railway_station