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Budleigh Salterton railway station

Coordinates: 50°38′03″N 3°19′36″W / 50.6342°N 3.3268°W / 50.6342; -3.3268
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Budleigh Salterton
General information
LocationBudleigh Salterton, East Devon
England
Coordinates50°38′03″N 3°19′36″W / 50.6342°N 3.3268°W / 50.6342; -3.3268
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondon and South Western Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Key dates
15 May 1897Opened as Salterton
27 April 1898renamed
6 March 1967Closed[1]

Budleigh Salterton railway station is a closed railway station that served the town of Budleigh Salterton in Devon, England. It was opened by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) in 1897 but was closed to passengers in 1967 due to the Beeching Axe.[2]

History

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Local railway lines

The station was originally opened as Salterton, a terminus on the Budleigh Salterton Railway. The station was expanded in 1903 when the line was extended to Exmouth, which formed a loop.[3]

Passenger services were withdrawn on 6 March 1967, when the Sidmouth Junction to Exmouth line was closed to all traffic (goods traffic had already been withdrawn in 1964).[3]

Present state

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The track was subsequently lifted by 1969, but the station site remained derelict but intact until the late 1970s. It was then cleared and redeveloped for housing - as such, no trace remains today.[3]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
East Budleigh
Line and station closed
  British Rail
Southern Region

Budleigh Salterton Railway
  Littleham
Line and station closed

References

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  1. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 102. OCLC 931112387.
  2. ^ "The Beeching Axe: The lost railways of Devon and Cornwall - Devon Live". Devon Live. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Disused Stations - Budleigh Salterton
Sidmouth & Budleigh
Salterton Railways
Feniton
Sidmouth Junction
Ottery St Mary
Tipton St Johns
Sidmouth
Newton Poppleford
Colaton Raleigh siding
East Budleigh
Budleigh Salterton
Littleham
Exmouth