East Budleigh railway station

East Budleigh railway station is a closed railway station that served the villages of East Budleigh and Otterton in Devon, England. It was opened in 1897 on the Budleigh Salterton Railway, but was closed to passengers in 1967 due to the Beeching Axe.

East Budleigh
Site of the station in 1996
Location
PlaceEast Budleigh
AreaEast Devon
Coordinates50.6589°N 3.3066°W / 50.6589; -3.3066
Operations
Original companyLondon and South Western Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Platforms1
History
1897Opened
1967Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

History
Local railway lines

The station was originally opened as Budleigh on the Budleigh Salterton Railway (BSR), which branched from the Sidmouth Railway at Tipton St Johns. The station was renamed East Budleigh in 1898. The London and South Western Railway, which worked the BSR, did not name the station after the nearby village of Otterton to avoid confusion with its Otterham station on the North Cornwall line.

Passenger and freight services were withdrawn in 1967.[1]

Present state

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

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Newton Poppleford
Line and station closed		   British Rail
Southern Region
Budleigh Salterton Railway		   Budleigh Salterton
Line and station closed
Sidmouth & Budleigh
Salterton Railways
West of England Main Line
 Feniton
Sidmouth Junction
West of England Main Line
Ottery St Mary
Tipton St Johns
Sidmouth
Newton Poppleford
Colaton Raleigh siding
East Budleigh
Budleigh Salterton
Littleham
Exmouth

References
  1. East Budleigh at www.disused-stations.org
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