Exton railway station

Exton
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General information
Location	East Devon
Coordinates	50°40′05″N 3°26′37″W / 50.66792°N 3.44374°W
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	EXN
History
Original company	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
1861	Opened as Woodbury Road
15 Sept.1958	Renamed Exton

Exton railway station is a railway station serving the village of Exton in Devon, England. It is situated on the Avocet Line which runs between Exeter St Davids and Exmouth.

History

A station known as Woodbury Road opened with the railway on 1 May 1861; It was renamed Exton on 15 Sept 1958 and became Exton Halt on 28 February 1965 but has since lost the "halt" suffix in common with most similar stations. Its location on the banks of the River Exe was exploited for many years by placing a camping coach in the goods yard that could be hired by holidaymakers.^[1]

Description

The station has a single platform that serves trains in both directions (it is on the left of a train arriving from Exeter) and faces out across the estuary of the River Exe.

The platform is much lower than usual in the United Kingdom which leads to a significant step up into the trains. This is difficult for the less mobile or for people with luggage, also while all trains carry wheelchair ramps, it is not possible to use them here. Requests to Railtrack and Network Rail to raise the platform have so far been unsuccessful.^{[citation needed]}

Services

About half the trains on the Avocet Line from Exmouth to Exeter St Davids and Paignton call at Exton on request. This means that passengers alighting here must tell the conductor that they wish to do so, and those waiting to join must signal clearly to the driver as the train approaches.

Connections are available at Exeter Central for Barnstaple also Honiton and other stations to Waterloo; passengers for other main line stations change at St Davids.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Topsham		Great Western Railway Avocet Line		Lympstone Commando

References

^ Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1992). Branch Lines to Exmouth. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-00-6.

[1] Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1992). Branch Lines to Exmouth. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-00-6.

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