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Exeter St Davids railway station

Exeter St Davids National Rail
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Location
Place Exeter
Local authority Exeter
Coordinates 50°43′47″N 3°32′37″W / 50.7296°N 3.5435°W / 50.7296; -3.5435Coordinates: 50°43′47″N 3°32′37″W / 50.7296°N 3.5435°W / 50.7296; -3.5435
Grid reference SX911933
Operations
Station code EXD
Managed by Great Western Railway
Number of platforms 6
DfT category C1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2011/12 Increase 2.399 million
– Interchange  Increase 0.785 million
2012/13 Increase 2.401 million
– Interchange  Increase 0.860 million
2013/14 Decrease 2.356 million
– Interchange  Decrease 0.841 million
2014/15 Increase 2.509 million
– Interchange  Increase 0.939 million
2015/16 Increase 2.569 million
– Interchange  Increase 0.987 million
History
Original company Bristol and Exeter Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
1844 Opened
1864 Rebuilt for LSWR
1913 Rebuilt without roof
National RailUK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Exeter St Davids from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Exeter St Davids is the principal railway station serving the city of Exeter in Devon, England. It is 193 miles 72 chains (312.1 km) from London Paddington on the line through Bristol which continues to Plymouth and Penzance. It is also served by an alternative route to London Waterloo via Salisbury and branch lines to Exmouth and Barnstaple.

The station opened in 1844 as the terminus of the Bristol and Exeter Railway. It is currently managed by Great Western Railway and is served by trains operated by Great Western Railway, South West Trains and CrossCountry.

The station was opened on 1 May 1844 by the Bristol and Exeter Railway (B&ER). The station was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and was one of his single-sided stations which meant that the two platforms were both on the east side of the line. This was the side nearer the town and so very convenient for passengers travelling into Exeter but did mean that a lot of trains had to cross in front of others.

This was not too much of a problem while the station was at the end of the line, but on 30 May 1846 the South Devon Railway (SDR) opened a line westwards towards Plymouth. A carriage shed was built for the SDR at the south end of the B&ER platform but the goods sheds and locomotive sheds for both companies were to the west, between the station and the River Exe. The SDR was designed to be worked by atmospheric power and an engine house was built on the banks of the river near the locomotive shed. This was only used for its original purpose for about a year but was not demolished until many years later.


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