Sampford Courtenay railway station
Sampford Courtenay 
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The station in 2016
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| Location | |
| Place | Sampford Courtenay |
| Local authority | West Devon |
| Grid reference | SX626985 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SMC |
| Managed by | Dartmoor Railway |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2012/13 |
 150 |
| 2013/14 |
 146 |
| 2014/15 |
196 |
| 2015/16 |
130 |
| 2016/17 |
144 |
| History | |
| 1867 | Opened |
| 5 June 1972 | Closed to passengers by British Rail |
| 2002 | Re-opened by the Dartmoor Railway |
| 2008 |
Dartmoor Railway services temporarily withdrawn during change of ownership, Devon County Council sponsored Sunday service during Summer retained |
| 2009 | Dartmoor Railway services reintroduced, Devon County Council Sunday service during Summer continued operated by Great Western Railway |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Sampford Courtenay from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Dartmoor Railway services temporarily withdrawn during change of ownership,
Sampford Courtenay railway station is a railway station at Belstone Corner serving the nearby (1.6 miles) village of Sampford Courtenay in Devon. The village lies 3 minutes away by car or 30 minutes by foot via the B3215.
The station was originally opened by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) as Okehampton Road when it formed the terminus and it was renamed as Belstone Corner when the line was extended to Okehampton in 1871, and later renamed again as Sampford Courtenay. Services on the line were extended further west to Lydford railway station with the inauguration of Meldon Viaduct in 1874. Constructed to rival the South Devon Railway route to Plymouth, the completion of the LSWR's own route to Plymouth saw this line become an important route with lines to Padstow and Bude as well as Plymouth. Boat trains carrying passengers from ocean liners calling at Stonehouse Pool, Plymouth and prestige services such as the Atlantic Coast Express and Devon Belle all used the route.
Following publication of the Beeching Report in 1963, the Exeter to Plymouth Line was cut back to Okehampton in 1968.
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