East Budleigh railway station

East Budleigh
Site of the station in 1996
Location
Place	East Budleigh
Area	East Devon
Coordinates	50°39′32″N 3°18′24″W / 50.6589°N 3.3066°W / 50.6589; -3.3066Coordinates: 50°39′32″N 3°18′24″W / 50.6589°N 3.3066°W / 50.6589; -3.3066
Operations
Original company	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Platforms	1
History
1897	Opened
1967	Closed
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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.

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Passenger and freight services were withdrawn in 1967.^[1]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

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 Avocet Line Exmouth

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