Topsham railway station
Topsham 
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| Location | |
| Place | Topsham |
| Local authority | Exeter |
| Coordinates | 50°41′09″N 3°27′50″W / 50.68588°N 3.46401°WCoordinates: 50°41′09″N 3°27′50″W / 50.68588°N 3.46401°W |
| Grid reference | SX966883 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | TOP |
| 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 |
 0.221 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.221 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.221 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.231 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.232 million |
| History | |
| Original company | London and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| Opened | 1861 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Topsham from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Topsham railway station is the railway station serving the town of Topsham in the English county of Devon. It is the passing place for the otherwise single-track branch line from Exmouth Junction to Exmouth. Both the loop and adjacent level crossing are remotely worked from the signal box at Exmouth Junction.
The station, with buildings designed by Sir William Tite, opened with the railway on 1 May 1861. On 23 September 1861 a 700 yards (640 m) branch was opened from the south end of the station, which dropped steeply to the wharf on the River Exe.
The station was initially owned by the London and South Western Railway. In 1923 this became a constituent of the Southern Railway which, in turn was nationalised in 1948. Following the privatisation of British Rail it was operated by Wessex Trains but the franchise has now been transferred to First Great Western.
The old station buildings and signal box are now occupied by offices.
All trains on the Avocet Line from Exmouth to Exeter St Davids call at Topsham. There is a half-hourly daytime service in each direction (including Sundays), dropping to hourly in the evening.
Beyond St Davids they continue alternately to Paignton or Barnstaple. Connections are available at Exeter Central for Pinhoe and stations to Waterloo via Salisbury; passengers for other main line stations should change at Exeter St Davids.
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