East Budleigh railway station

East Budleigh railway station is a closed railway station that served the villages of East Budleigh and Otterton in Devon, England.

East Budleigh
Site of the station in 1996
Location	East Budleigh, East Devon England
Coordinates	50.6589°N 3.3066°W
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Budleigh Salterton Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
15 May 1897	Opened
6 March 1967	Closed

History

Local railway lines

It was opened as Budleigh on 15 May 1897 when the Budleigh Salterton Railway (BSR) opened the line from Tipton St Johns (on the Sidmouth Railway) to Budleigh Salterton.[1][2]

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.

The station originally had a single platform with a passing loop to the south providing access to a goods siding with a cattle dock.[3][4]

The station was renamed East Budleigh on 27 April 1898.[1]

The station was host to a Southern Railway camping coach from 1936 to 1939.[5] Two camping coaches were also positioned here by the Southern Region from 1954 to 1964.[6]

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

Present state

The station building and platform survive as private accommodation, with a few alterations.[8]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Newton Poppleford Line and station closed		British Rail Southern Region Budleigh Salterton Railway		Budleigh Salterton Line and station closed

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

References

1. Quick 2019, p. 157.
2. Grant 2017, p. 81.
3. "East Budleigh station on OS 25 inch map Devon XCIII.12 (East Budleigh; Otterton)". National Library of Scotland. 1905. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
4. The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 179.
5. McRae 1997, p. 33.
6. McRae 1998, p. 59.
7. Hurst 1992, p. 48 (ref 2193).
8. Catford, Nick. "East Budleigh 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 and 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.