Dawlish railway station
Dawlish 
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| Location | |
| Place | Dawlish, Devon |
| Local authority | Teignbridge |
| Coordinates | 50°34′50″N 3°27′52″W / 50.58055°N 3.46453°WCoordinates: 50°34′50″N 3°27′52″W / 50.58055°N 3.46453°W |
| Grid reference | SX964766 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | DWL |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | D |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.480 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.507 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.484 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.557 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.527 million |
| History | |
| Original company | South Devon Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Opened | 1846 |
| Rebuilt | 1875 |
| Listed status | |
| Listed feature | Dawlish railway station |
| Listing grade | II |
| Entry number | 1096669 |
| Added to list | 17 July 1951 |
| 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 from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Dawlish railway station is on the Exeter to Plymouth line and serves the town of Dawlish in Devon, England. The station is built on the sea wall, as is the railway line, and has often suffered from storm damage due its proximity to the sea. South of the station the line passes through five tunnels through the cliffs as it follows the coast.
The station was opened by the South Devon Railway on 30 May 1846. The strange wall with bricked up windows that can be seen in the car park is the remains of the engine house that used to power the trains while they were worked by atmospheric power from 13 September 1847 until 9 September 1848. At this time it was one of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's 7 ft (2,134 mm) broad gauge railways.
The station initially had just one platform on the landward side with a loop line closer to the sea, but a second platform was added to serve the loop line on 1 May 1858. The original wooden station and train shed was burnt down on 14 August 1873. The South Devon Railway built a new station with the platforms connected by an iron bridge, roofed with glass. The principal buildings were constructed adjoining Station Road, and the booking office was fitted with pitch pine cornice and fittings. Star gas pendent lights were installed, and a lift for taking up luggage to the platform levels. The first-class waiting rooms were furnished with Brussels carpets and polished oak furniture. The contractor was Blatchford and Son of Tavistock and the cost was £4,000 (equivalent to £340,000 in 2015). The new station was re-opened on 12 April 1875
The South Devon Railway was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway on 1 February 1876, and on 20 May 1892 the line was converted to 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Great Western in turn was nationalised into British Railways on 1 January 1948.
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