Digby and Sowton railway station

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Digby and Sowton
Location
Place	Devon
Local authority	Exeter
Operations
Station code	DIG
Managed by	First Great Western
Platforms in use	1
Annual entry/exit 04/05	0.028 million **
History
Key dates	Opened May 1994
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Digby and Sowton railway station is the most recently opened railway station on the Avocet Line in Devon, opening 23 May 1994.

The station serves the Sowton Industrial Estate and the housing estates around the former Digby Hospital. The station is often vandalised as it is not visible from nearby roads and is accessed by a long foot and cycle path. CCTV has now been installed in an attempt to tackle this problem. The station was operated by Wessex Trains, until 31st March 2006 with First Great Western taking over

The station has been criticised for its location being a compromise between serving the industrial estate of Sowton and the retail development at Digby. By doing so, it has ended up as not being particularly close to either, resulting in a substantial walk to either location, which lie in opposite directions.