Dawlish Warren railway station
Dawlish Warren 
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| Location | |
| Place | Dawlish Warren |
| Local authority | Teignbridge |
| Coordinates | 50°35′56″N 3°26′37″W / 50.59886°N 3.44354°WCoordinates: 50°35′56″N 3°26′37″W / 50.59886°N 3.44354°W |
| Grid reference | SX979787 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | DWW |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| 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 |
 0.141 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.146 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.139 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.157 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.166 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| 1905 | Opened as 'Warren Halt' |
| 1911 | Renamed 'Dawlish Warren' |
| 1912 | Resited |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dawlish Warren from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Dawlish Warren railway station serves the seaside resort and holiday camps of Dawlish Warren in Devon, England, at the mouth of the River Exe. The station is on the Exeter to Plymouth line 10 1⁄2 miles (16.9 km) west of Exeter St Davids. From here to Teignmouth the railway runs along the Sea Wall.
No station was provided between Starcross and Dawlish until the summer of 1905 when Warren Halt was opened by the Great Western Railway. This was not on the site of the present station, but nearer to the Sea Wall by the footbridge which had been built across the line in 1873.
The original 150 feet (46 m) long platforms were lengthened to 400 feet (120 m) for the next summer to allow longer trains to call. From 1 July 1907 the station was provided with offices and staff and was therefore renamed Warren Platform. It received its final name of "Dawlish Warren" on 1 October 1911.
Work soon started on a new station. A goods yard was opened on 10 June 1912 on the landward side of the line, and the new station, now 440 yards (400 m) nearer to Starcross, was opened to passengers on 23 September 1912. The platforms were now 600 feet (180 m) long. The building on the 'Down' platform (nearest the beach) was destroyed by fire on 9 January 1924.
In 1935 a camp coach was stationed in the goods yard which could be rented by holiday makers but the facility was withdrawn in 1940. Camp coaches were reintroduced in 1952, and by 1959 there were nine coaches stationed here. After 1964 the public camp coach service was withdrawn but the coaches at Dawlish Warren continued to be managed by the British Rail Staff Association for its members. The old coaches were replaced for the 1982 season by the current vehicles, since when the connection to the goods yard has been removed.
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