Bere Ferrers railway station
Bere Ferrers 
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Former station building and signal box
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| Location | |
| Place | Bere Ferrers |
| Local authority | West Devon |
| Coordinates | 50°27′05″N 4°10′53″W / 50.4514°N 4.18125°WCoordinates: 50°27′05″N 4°10′53″W / 50.4514°N 4.18125°W |
| Grid reference | SX452635 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BFE |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 15,020 |
| 2012/13 |
15,724 |
| 2013/14 |
17,472 |
| 2014/15 |
 16,858 |
| 2015/16 |
16,982 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bere Ferrers from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Bere Ferrers station on the Tamar Valley Line is situated near the village of Bere Ferrers in Devon, England. The station is on the former Southern main line between Exeter and Plymouth via Okehampton. It is currently operated by Great Western Railway (GWR).
The Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway opened the station on 2 June 1890 with its main line from Lydford to Devonport, which gave the London and South Western Railway a route into Plymouth that was independent of the Great Western Railway.
The station was originally called Beer Ferris after the local Beer family who owned several nearby villages. However, in 1897, the railway authorities of the time decided that this name promoted an unrefined image of the village due to the association with beer, and therefore changed the name to Bere Ferrers. The original spelling can still be seen on the sign on the old signal box, which as of 2006[update] is being converted into a small railway museum. The signal box, while an LSWR original, is quite new to the site having been erected in 1989/90 – it was formerly at Pinhoe railway station on the outskirts of Exeter.
Through services from Lydford were withdrawn on 6 May 1968 and the line reduced to a single track on 7 September 1970.
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