Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway
The Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway was a British railway company based in Devon, England . The company was based in Newton Abbot .
history
The Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway, founded in 1861, received the concession on July 7, 1862 to build a railway line from Newton Abbot to Moretonhampstead . The Society's president was William Reginald Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon . The cost of construction was estimated at £ 88,500. The shares for the company were only hesitantly subscribed. In addition, the bad weather caused delays in construction of the route planned by South Devon Railway engineer PJ Margary. This 20-kilometer-long, 2140-mm wide-gauge line could only be opened on July 4, 1866. Operations were carried out by the South Devon Railway. This company took over the Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway on July 18, 1872.
literature
- Christopher Awdry: Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies . Patrick Stephens Limited, Wellingborough 1990, ISBN 1-85260-049-7 .
- Vic Mitchell, Keith Smith: Branch Line to Moretonhampstead . Middleton Press, 1998, ISBN 978-1-901706-27-7 (English).
- John Owen: The Moretonhampstead Branch: A Railway from Shore to Moor . Waterfront Publications, 2000, ISBN 978-0-946184-88-0 (English).
- Anthony Richard Kingdom, Mike Lang: The Newton Abbot to Moretonhampstead Railway . ARK Publications, 2004, ISBN 978-1-873029-09-1 (English).
- SC Jenkins, LJ Pomroy: The Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway . Oakwood Press, 1989, ISBN 978-0-85361-389-3 (English).