Littleham railway station

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

Littleham
Littleham Station Site
Location	Littleham, East Devon England
Coordinates	50.6240°N 3.3868°W
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
1 June 1903	Opened
6 March 1967	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

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. 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 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.