Whitstone and Bridgerule railway station

Whitstone and Bridgerule (Cornish: Mengwynn ha Ponsrowald) was a railway station on the Bude Branch that closed in 1966.

This did not deter the residents of Stratton and Bude who, in 1894, successfully lobbied the LSWR to promote a second bill.

[2] The line was single track, however a signal box with a passing loop was located here with sidings, a goods shed.

[4] The distance was 5 miles 8 chains (8.2 km) between Holsworthy and Whitstone and Bridgerule, for which passenger trains were allowed 8 minutes.

On 7 September 1950 a tractor and trailer were struck at 5.29pm by a passenger train at the Hopworthy Farm level crossing between Holsworthy and Whitstone and Bridgerule, resulting in three dead from the trailer and the tractor driver thrown over a hedge and suffering only minor injuries.