Newton Poppleford railway station is a closed railway station that served the village of

Newton Poppleford Newton Poppleford is a large village and former civil parish situated on the A3052 road between Exeter and Sidmouth on the west side of the River Otter, now in the parish of Newton Poppleford and Harpford in East Devon, England, within the Eas ...

East Devon East Devon is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Devon, England. Its council has been based in Honiton since February 2019, and the largest town is Exmouth (with a population of 34,432 at the time of the 2011 census). ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

. The station was opened by 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 ...

on 1 June 1899 and closed by

British Railways British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British rai ...

on 6 March 1967.

History

The station was opened as a small station on the

. 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 1935 to 1939. A camping coach was also positioned here by the Southern Region from 1954 to 1964. Goods facilities were withdrawn in 1964 and the station was downgraded as a halt. The station was completely closed in 1967.

Present state

The station and the bridge over the A3052 road have both since been demolished, with no tangible evidence remaining.

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