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{{Infobox_Station
|title1 = Abbey
|image1 = File:AbbeyRWS.png
|first_appearance = 
|last_appearance = 
|creator(s) = [[Wilbert Awdry|Rev. W. Awdry]]
|location = {{flag|ios}} Abbey, [[Island of Sodor (RWS)|Island of Sodor]]
|year_opened = 1923
|managed_by = [[North Western Railway (RWS)|Island of Sodor]]
|lines = [[Peel Godred Branch Line (RWS)|Peel Godred Branch Line]]
}}'''Abbey''' is a station and small town on the [[Peel Godred Branch Line (RWS)|Peel Godred Branch Line]], located around 2 miles north of [[Cronk (RWS)|Cronk]]. It is an unstaffed halt serving the nearby [[Cronk Abbey School]].

==History==
Abbey was built in 1923 as a private station. The land from the Abbey estate needed for the railway was given by the owner, [[Albert Regaby]], Viscount Harwick and Chairman of the NWR, on the condition that a station was provided for his family and tenants.

Abbey Station is normally unstaffed, but at the beginning and end of each term, when special school trains are run, staff are drafted in to cope with the subsequent workload.{{Ref|[[The Railway Series|RWS]] "[[The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways]]" p. 23-24}}

==Appearances==
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===''[[The Railway Series]]''===
====Companion Volumes====
* '''1987''' - [[The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways]] {{Mentioned}}
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==Station Guide==
{{Rail Start|railway=[[North Western Railway (RWS)|North Western Railway]]}}
{{Rail line|previous=[[Killdane (RWS)|Killdane]]|col=004d00|next=[[Kirk Machan (RWS)|Kirk Machan]]|route=[[Peel Godred Branch Line (RWS)|Peel Godred Branch Line]]}}
|}

==References==
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{{North Western Railway (RWS)}}
{{Peel Godred Branch Line (RWS)}}
[[Category:Stations]]
[[Category:Inhabited areas]]
[[Category:The Peel Godred Branch Line]]
[[Category:Landmarks]]
[[Category:North Western Railway]]
[[Category:Villages]]