Feniton railway station
Feniton Southern Railway | |
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Key dates | |
19 July 1860 | Opened as Feniton |
1 July 1861 | Renamed Ottery & Sidmouth Road |
February 1868 | Renamed Feniton for Ottery St Mary |
April 1868 | Renamed Ottery Road |
6 July 1874 | Renamed Sidmouth Junction |
6 March 1967 | Closed |
5 May 1971 | Reopened as Feniton |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 63,808 |
2019/20 | 53,724 |
2020/21 | 17,456 |
2021/22 | 47,544 |
2022/23 | 52,048 |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Feniton railway station serves the village of
History
The station was designed by William Tite and was opened by the LSWR on 19 July 1860, along with its Exeter Extension from Yeovil Junction to Exeter Queen Street. It was named Feniton after the nearest village, but less than a year later it was renamed (on 1 July 1861) as Ottery and Sidmouth Road. In February 1868 this was changed again to Feniton for Ottery St Mary. On 6 July 1874 a branch line to Sidmouth was opened and the station changed its name once more to become Sidmouth Junction, a name that it managed to retain for more than 90 years.[1]
On 1 May 1897 a new line to
A goods yard and goods shed was provided adjacent to the bay platform. This was closed on 6 September 1965. The following year saw the withdrawal of local stopping trains on the main line, but Sidmouth Junction remained open until 6 March 1967 when passenger services were withdrawn from the branch lines, after which it closed.[1]
The station was however reopened by British Rail on 5 May 1971 as a result of local campaigning by the residents of the expanding village, assuming the original Feniton name. A ticket office was erected in 1974 as the original building had been demolished while the station was closed. The platform was rebuilt and lengthened in 1992[1] but is still shorter than many of the trains that call.
Platform layout
The platform is on the south side of the line, east of the level crossing of Ottery Road. The disused eastbound platform still stands but the goods yard site is now occupied by houses.[1]
Services
Off-peak, all services at Feniton are operated by
.The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is one train every two hours between Exeter St Davids and London Waterloo via Salisbury, increasing to hourly at peak times.[2]
The station is also served by a single weekday peak hour service from Barnstaple to Axminster which is operated by Great Western Railway.[3]
Due to the short platform at this station, passengers wishing to alight need to be in the front 3 coaches of the train as the platform can only take 3-car trains.[4]
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Honiton | West of England Main Line
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Whimple or Cranbrook | ||
Cranbrook |
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Disused railways | ||||
Ottery St Mary Line and station closed
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British Rail Southern Region |
Terminus |
Signalling
The station was built next to the
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-904349-55-6.
- ^ Table 160 National Rail timetable, May 2022
- ^ "Train times: Exeter to Barnstaple and Okehampton" (PDF). Great Western Railway. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ISBN 0-9549866-1-X.
- ISBN 0-86093-525-6.
External links
- Train times and station information for Feniton railway station from National Rail
- Subterranea Britannica site record for Sidmouth Junction station