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Honiton railway station serves the town of Honiton in East Devon, UK. The station is situated on a passing loop of the West of England Main Line. To the east is Honiton Tunnel and bank. The station is served and managed by South West Trains. As the line is not electrified only South West Trains' Diesel Multiple Units can travel down here - Class 159s and 158s.
[edit] Station building
Honiton railway station has a modern station building, with a small shelter for cover when wet and windy. There are two platforms - with a bridge connecting both, a ticket machine and a car park. Also on platform 2 there is a small 'waiting room'. The original station was designed by the eminent architect Sir William Tite but was demolished around 1970, an act described as "architectural vandalism".
[edit] Service
There is generally an hourly service westbound to Exeter St Davids and eastbound to London Waterloo via Salisbury with a two-hourly service in each direction Sundays. Upgrading of rail tracks and signals will hopefully mean by around 2009 there will be a more frequent service.
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[edit] References
- Devon Railway Stations, by Mike Oakley, Dovecote Press, Wimborne, 2007, ISBN 1-904-34955-6
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