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Whimple railway station serves the village of
The station was opened by the LSWR on 19 July 1860, along with its Exeter Extension from to Exeter Queen Street. The station was situated to the east of the village and designed by the architect Sir
All services at Whimple are operated by South Western Railway using and
Whimple
Whimple is a village and civil parish in East Devon in the English county of Devon, approximately due east of the city of Exeter, and from the nearest small town, Ottery St Mary. It has a population of 1,642, recounted to 1,173 for the villa ...
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. It is operated by South Western Railway which provides services on the West of England Main Line
The West of England line (also known as the West of England Main Line) is a British railway line from , Hampshire, to in Devon, England. Passenger services run between London Waterloo station and Exeter; the line intersects with the Wessex Ma ...
. It is down the line from .
History
The station was opened by the LSWR on 19 July 1860, along with its Exeter Extension from to Exeter Queen Street. The station was situated to the east of the village and designed by the architect Sir William Tite
Sir William Tite (7 February 179820 April 1873) was an English architect who twice served as President of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He was particularly associated with various London buildings, with railway stations and cemetery ...
. The main building was situated on the up platform
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and was two-storeys high to provide the station master with accommodation. The goods shed
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was nearby at the east end of the station, and a signal box
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was built opposite on the other platform in 1875. In 1892 Henry Whiteway established a cider
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factory on the north side of the station. This generated much of the goods traffic at the station; in the 1930s it was estimated that the factory was responsible for 30,000 tons of traffic each year.
On 11 June 1967 all passenger trains were diverted to the down platform. The track through the northern platform was retained to serve Whiteway’s factory, but the signal box was closed and the train crew operated the points. Public goods traffic was withdrawn on 4 December 1967 but Whiteways continued to handle rail traffic. The station became unstaffed on 5 October 1970.
The Whiteways factory closed in 1989 and this allowed a redevelopment of the site. The goods shed was demolished in 1991 and houses were then built instead. The following year the original London bound platform was extended across the disused formation of the London bound track to meet the running line and was brought back into use. The other platform and the footbridge were then demolished.
Facilities
The single platform has a simple metal and glass waiting shelter, as well as a ticket machine, a help point and bike racks..Services
All services at Whimple are operated by South Western Railway using and DMUs
A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines. A DMU requires no separate locomotive, as the engines are incorporated into one or more of the carriages. Diesel-powered single-unit railcars are also ...
.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is one train every two hours between and via , increasing to hourly at peak times.
Due to the short platform at this station, passengers wishing to alight need to be in the front 3 coaches of the train as the platform can only take 3-car trains.
See also
*Southern Railway routes west of Salisbury
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