Starcross railway station
Starcross 
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View from the north
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| Location | |
| Place | Starcross, Devon |
| Local authority | Teignbridge |
| Coordinates | 50°37′40″N 3°26′52″W / 50.62781°N 3.44768°WCoordinates: 50°37′40″N 3°26′52″W / 50.62781°N 3.44768°W |
| Grid reference | SX976819 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SCS |
| 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 |
 101,030 |
| 2012/13 |
107,060 |
| 2013/14 |
 100,178 |
| 2014/15 |
101,004 |
| 2015/16 |
111,316 |
| History | |
| Original company | South Devon Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Opened | 1846 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Starcross from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Starcross railway station is a small station on the Exeter to Plymouth line in the village of Starcross, Devon, England. It is on the shore of the River Exe estuary and is linked to a pier used by the ferry to Exmouth on the other side of the estuary. One of the South Devon Railway engine houses, which formerly powered the trains on this line, is situated alongside the station. The station is managed by Great Western Railway, who operate all trains serving it.
The station was opened by the South Devon Railway on 30 May 1846. It only had a single platform at this time, the second one being added in November 1848. It was provided with a train shed until 1906 when the station was rebuilt.
Trains were worked by atmospheric power from 13 September 1847 until 9 September 1848. The engine house was subsequently used as a Methodist chapel; a youth club; a coal store; a museum of the atmospheric railway; and is currently the home of the Starcross Fishing and Cruising Club.
The South Devon Railway was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway on 1 February 1876, which in turn was nationalised into British Railways on 1 January 1948.
Public goods traffic was withdrawn from 6 September 1965 and coal traffic ceased on 4 December 1967. The station became unstaffed on 3 May 1971 and the old station building was finally demolished in 1981. The footbridge, which had been erected in 1895, was replaced by the present structure in 1999.
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