Topsham railway station

Topsham
General information
Location	Topsham, Devon England
Coordinates	50.68588°N 3.46401°W / 50.68588; -3.46401
Grid reference	SX966883
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	TOP
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
Opened	1861
Passengers
2020/21	67,918
2021/22	0.207 million
2022/23	0.228 million
2023/24	0.260 million
2024/25	0.300 million
Listed Building – Grade II
Feature	Railway station
Designated	15 February 1988
Reference no.	1224483
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Exeter railway stations
Avocet Line to Exmouth Topsham Newcourt Digby & Sowton Polsloe Bridge West of England line to London Waterloo via Salisbury Pinhoe St James Park Exeter Central Bristol–Exeter line to Bristol and London Paddington Exeter St Davids Tarka Line to Barnstaple Exeter St Thomas Marsh Barton Riviera Line to Paignton & Exeter–Plymouth line to Plymouth and Penzance

Topsham railway station is the railway station serving the town of Topsham in the English county of Devon. It is the passing place for the otherwise single-track branch line from Exmouth Junction to Exmouth. Both the loop and adjacent level crossing are remotely worked from the signal box at Exmouth Junction.

History

The station, with buildings designed by Sir William Tite, opened with the railway on 1 May 1861.

A line was opened on 22 September 1861 from the goods yard down to the town's quay on the River Exe. It was 32 chains (640 m; 700 yd) long and dropped steeply (the maximum gradient being 1 in 38) with a level crossing at the bottom. Trains had to work with the locomotive at the station end, propelling the wagons down towards the quay and hauling them back up. A dedicated brake van was kept at Topsham and which was attached to the quay end of the train.

The station was initially owned by the London and South Western Railway. In 1923 this became a constituent of the Southern Railway which, in turn was nationalised in 1948. Following the privatisation of British Rail it was operated by Wessex Trains but the franchise has now been transferred to Great Western Railway.

The original station building and the signal box were given Grade II listed building status in 1988.

Facilities

There is a ticket machine on platform 1, and waiting areas on both platforms. Both platforms have step-free access.

Services

All trains on the Avocet Line from Exmouth to Exeter St Davids and Paignton call at Topsham.

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Newcourt towards Exeter St Davids		Great Western Railway Avocet Line		Exton towards Exmouth

External links

• Train times and station information for Topsham railway station from National Rail