Copplestone railway station

Copplestone National Rail
Copplestone in 1969
Location
Place Copplestone
Local authority Mid Devon
Coordinates 50°48′50″N 3°45′07″W / 50.814°N 3.752°W / 50.814; -3.752Coordinates: 50°48′50″N 3°45′07″W / 50.814°N 3.752°W / 50.814; -3.752
Grid reference SS767031
Operations
Station code COP
Managed by Great Western Railway
Number of platforms 1
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Decrease 10,990
2013/14 Increase 14,058
2014/15 Decrease 13,476
2015/16 Decrease 12,304
2016/17 Increase 13,522
History
Original company North Devon Railway
Pre-grouping London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
Opened 1854
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Copplestone from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Copplestone railway station is on the Tarka Line serving the village of Copplestone in Devon, England. It is operated by Great Western Railway.

History

The station was opened by the North Devon Railway on 1 August 1854.[1]

Description

The station has just one platform, which is on the left of trains travelling from Exeter towards Barnstaple.

Community railway

The railway between Exeter and Barnstaple is designated as a community railway and is supported by marketing provided by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership. The line is promoted under the Tarka Line name.

"The Cross" pub at Copplestone is included in the Tarka Line rail ale trail.

Passenger volume

Although passenger numbers on the Tarka Line have generally been increasing, those at the smaller stations have been in decline. Copplestone is an exception to this and has seen numbers increase by more than 4,000 from the year ending March 2005 to that ending March 2008 .[2]

 2002-032004-052005-062006-072007-08
Entries5761375111,1092,198
Exits6522195791,1742,365
Total1,2313561,0902,2834,563

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

All trains on the Barnstaple to Exmouth service are scheduled to stop at Copplestone on request (hourly each way on weekdays and Saturdays, two-hourly on Sundays) – this means that passengers alighting here must tell the conductor that they wish to do so, and those waiting to join must signal clearly to the driver as the train approaches. Trains connect with main line services at Exeter St Davids.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Yeoford   Great Western Railway
Tarka Line		   Morchard Road

References

  1. ↑ Nicholas, John (1992). The North Devon Line. Sparkford: Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 0-86093-461-6.
  2. ↑ "Station Usage". Rail Statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Retrieved 2009-03-13.


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