Littleham railway station

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Littleham
Littleham geograph-3752083-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
Littleham Station Site
LocationLittleham, East Devon
England
Coordinates50°37′26″N 3°23′12″W / 50.6240°N 3.3868°W / 50.6240; -3.3868Coordinates: 50°37′26″N 3°23′12″W / 50.6240°N 3.3868°W / 50.6240; -3.3868
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondon and South Western Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Key dates
1 June 1903Opened
6 March 1967Closed
  • v
  • t
Sidmouth & Budleigh
Salterton Railways
Legend
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

Littleham railway station was a railway station that served Littleham, Exmouth, in Devon, England.

History[]

Local railway lines

It was opened on 1 June 1903 by the London and South Western Railway when it opened the extension of the Budleigh Salterton Railway from Budleigh Salterton to Exmouth.[1][2]

The station had two platforms either side of a passing loop, there was a signal box and a goods yard to the south of the station. The goods yard was capable of handling most goods including live stock and was equipped with a 2 ton crane.[3][4]

The station was host to a Southern Railway camping coach from 1937 to 1939.[5] Three camping coaches were positioned here by the Southern Region from 1954 to 1960, four in 1961 the coaches were replaced in 1962 by four Pullman camping coaches reducing to two Pullmans for 1963 and 1964.[6]

The station was closed when the line closed on 6 March 1967.[1][7]

Present state[]

The Station Master's house remains as a private dwelling, the rest having been built over by road and housing.[8]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Budleigh Salterton
Line and station closed 		  British Rail
Southern Region
Budleigh Salterton Railway 		  Exmouth
Line closed, station open

References[]

  1. ^ a b Quick 2019, p. 253.
  2. ^ Grant 2017, p. 81.
  3. ^ "Littleham station on OS 25 inch map Devon CIII.2 (Littleham; Withycombe Raleigh)". National Library of Scotland. 1905. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  4. ^ The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 319.
  5. ^ McRae 1997, p. 33.
  6. ^ McRae 1998, pp. 59 & 67.
  7. ^ Hurst 1992, p. 48 (ref 2193).
  8. ^ Catford, Nick. "Littleham station". Disused stations. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

Bibliography[]

  • Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
  • Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
  • McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  • McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
  • Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway & Canal Historical Society.
  • The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.
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