Exmouth railway station
Exmouth 
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| Location | |
| Place | Exmouth |
| Local authority | East Devon |
| Coordinates | 50°37′18″N 3°24′54″W / 50.62179°N 3.41507°WCoordinates: 50°37′18″N 3°24′54″W / 50.62179°N 3.41507°W |
| Grid reference | SX999811 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | EXM |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| 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 |
 0.826 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.872 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.893 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.927 million |
| 2015/16 |
 0.924 million |
| History | |
| Original company | London and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| 1861 | Opened |
| 1924 | Rebuilt |
| 1986 | Rebuilt |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Exmouth from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Exmouth railway station serves the town of Exmouth in Devon, England and is 11.25 miles (18 km) south east of Exeter St Davids. The station is the terminus of the Avocet Line from Exeter St Davids (which branches off from the West of England Main Line after Exeter Central). The station is managed by Great Western Railway, who operate all trains serving it.
The railway to Exmouth was opened on 1 May 1861. New docks designed by Eugenius Birch were opened in 1868 and a short branch was laid to connect them to the goods yard.
A branch line with a junction immediately beyond the end of the platforms was opened on 1 June 1903. This ran around the outskirts of Exmouth on a long, curving viaduct, passing through Littleham and then on to Budleigh Salterton meeting the Sidmouth branch line at Tipton St Johns where it connected with an earlier line to Sidmouth Junction railway station. This route was used for through carriages from London Waterloo station sometimes called the Atlantic Coast Express and also a short while from Cleethorpes, which ran via the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway and Templecombe railway station. The line was closed to all traffic on 6 March 1967 following publication of the report The Reshaping of British Railways.
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