Dulverton railway station

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Dulverton railway station was the largest intermediate station on the Devon and Somerset Railway, which ran from Taunton to Barnstaple. The station served the town of Dulverton and from 1884 acted also as the junction station for the Exe Valley Railway, which ran through Bampton, Devon and Tiverton to Exeter, although the actual junction between the two lines was at Morebath Junction, to the east of Dulverton.

The Devon and Somerset Railway was extended from Wiveliscombe to Barnstaple, opening on 1 November 1873. The Devon and Somerset was a broad gauge line and was absorbed into the Great Western Railway. Dulverton was one of three crossing places on the line – the others were at Wiveliscombe and South Molton. The station lay two miles outside the town, in the small village of Brushford, Somerset and was connected to Dulverton by bus services.

Dulverton station originally had two platforms. When Exe Valley trains were extended into Dulverton a bay platform was added to the down platform, and this was later extended into a loop line.

Exe Valley services ceased with the closure of the line on 7 October 1963. Goods services were withdrawn at Dulverton the following year and complete closure of the Devon and Somerset line came on 3 October 1966. The station buildings survived as part of the Caernarvon Arms Hotel.

[edit] Services

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Morebath Junction		Devon and Somerset Railway (Later Great Western Railway)		East Anstey
		Exe Valley Railway (Later Great Western Railway)		Terminus

[edit] References

• Somerset Railway stations, Mike Oakley, Dovecote Press, Wimborne, 2002. ISBN 1 904349 09 9