Combpyne railway station was the intermediate station on the
Lyme Regis branch line in East
Devon
Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...
, England. Serving the village of
Combpyne
Combpyne is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Combpyne Rousdon, in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. It is off the A3052 road between Colyford and Lyme Regis in Dorset. In 1931 the parish had a popu ...
, it was sited high on the sharp bend that changed the course of the line from south to an easterly direction.
History
Opened on 24 August 1903 by the
Axminster and Lyme Regis Railway,
which was authorised under the
Light Railways Act 1896, it was operated from the start by the
London and South Western Railway then by the
Southern Railway. The line then passed on to the
Southern Region of British Railways on
nationalisation
Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately-owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to pri ...
in 1948. A
camping coach was positioned here by the
Southern Region from 1954 to 1963.
The line was transferred to the
Western Region of British Railways
The Western Region was a region of British Railways from 1948. The region ceased to be an operating unit in its own right on completion of the "Organising for Quality" initiative on 6 April 1992. The Region consisted principally of ex- Great ...
in January 1963. It was then closed by the
British Railways Board on 29 November 1965.
Buildings
A station consisted of a single short platform with a station house on a nearby road.
The site today
The former station house still exists.
References
Further reading
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External links
Compyne station on navigable 1946 O. S. mapCombpyne station on Sub Brit
Disused railway stations in Devon
Former London and South Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1903
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965
Beeching closures in England
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