East Budleigh railway station is a closed

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

that served the villages of

East Budleigh East Budleigh is a small village in East Devon, England. The villages of Yettington, Colaton Raleigh, and Otterton lie to the west, north and east of East Budleigh, with the seaside town of Budleigh Salterton about two miles south. Until th ...

and

Otterton Otterton is a village and civil parish in East Devon, England. The parish lies on the English Channel and is surrounded clockwise from the south by the parishes of East Budleigh, Bicton, Colaton Raleigh, Newton Poppleford and Harpford and Sidmou ...

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. Devo ...

, England.

History

It was opened as Budleigh on 15 May 1897 when the

Budleigh Salterton Railway The Budleigh Salterton Railway was a single track branch railway line that ran from a junction on the Sidmouth Railway at to via four intermediate stations: , , , and . There were passing loops at Littleham and Budleigh Salterton. History Fr ...

(BSR) opened the line from (on the

Sidmouth Railway The Sidmouth Railway was a railway branch line that ran from a junction at Feniton to Sidmouth, connecting the resort to the main line network. History The London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) opened a main line from Yeovil to Exeter on 18 ...

) to . The

London and South Western Railway The London and South Western Railway (LSWR, sometimes written L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Originating as the London and Southampton Railway, its network extended to Dorchester and Weymouth, to Salisbury, Exeter ...

, which worked the BSR, did not name the station after the nearby village of Otterton to avoid confusion with its station on the North Cornwall line. The station originally had a single platform with a passing loop to the south providing access to a goods siding with a cattle dock. The station was renamed East Budleigh on 27 April 1898. The station was host to a Southern Railway

camping coach Camping coaches were holiday accommodation offered by many railway companies in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland from the 1930s. The coaches were old passenger vehicles no longer suitable for use in trains, which were converted to ...

from 1936 to 1939. Two camping coaches were also positioned here by the Southern Region from 1954 to 1964. The station was closed when the line closed on 6 March 1967.

Present state

The station building and platform survive as private accommodation, with a few alterations.

References

Bibliography

* * * * * * {{cite book, last=The Railway Clearing House, origyear=1904, year=1970, edition=1970 D&C Reprint, title=The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904, location=Newton Abbot, publisher=David & Charles Reprints, isbn=0-7153-5120-6 Disused railway stations in Devon Former London and South Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1897 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1967 Beeching closures in England