Bere Alston Railway Station

Bere Alston railway station is an unstaffed halt situated near the village of Bere Alston in Devon, England, 10 + 1 /4mi north of Plymouth on the branch to Gunnislake. The survival of the route is almost entirely because Bere Alston, Bere Ferrers, and Calstock are situated in an area which for geographical reasons has relatively poor road connections. HistoryBeer Alston station was opened for passenger traffic on 2 June 1890 by the Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway as an intermediate station on that company's line from Lydford to Devonport, which - being in effect an extension of the London and South Western Railway's main line from London Waterloo station to Lydford, enabling the LSWR to reach Plymouth independently of the Great Western Railway - was immediately leased to the LSWR. Bere Alston station was 220 miles and 15 chains (354. 35 km) from Waterloo. The station was originally called Beer Alston after the local Beer family who owned several nearby villages. However, in 1897, the railway authorities of the time decided that this name promoted an unrefined image of the village due to the association with beer, and therefore changed the name to "Bere Alston" in 1898.

Bere Alston railway station is an unstaffed halt situated near the village of Bere Alston in Devon, England, 10 + 1 /4mi north of Plymouth on the branch to Gunnislake. The survival of the route is almost entirely because Bere Alston, Bere Ferrers, and Calstock are situated in an area which for geographical reasons has relatively poor road connections. HistoryBeer Alston station was opened for passenger traffic on 2 June 1890 by the Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway as an intermediate station on that company's line from Lydford to Devonport, which - being in effect an extension of the London and South Western Railway's main line from London Waterloo station to Lydford, enabling the LSWR to reach Plymouth independently of the Great Western Railway - was immediately leased to the LSWR. Bere Alston station was 220 miles and 15 chains (354. 35 km) from Waterloo. The station was originally called Beer Alston after the local Beer family who owned several nearby villages. However, in 1897, the railway authorities of the time decided that this name promoted an unrefined image of the village due to the association with beer, and therefore changed the name to "Bere Alston" in 1898.