Place Cranbrook, Devon Managed by South West Trains 2015/16 20,404 | Station code CBK Number of platforms 1 13 December 2015 Station opened | |
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Address Exeter EX5 3BA, United Kingdom Similar Pinhoe railway station, Whimple railway station, Feniton railway station, Tisbury railway station, Templecombe railway station | ||
Cranbrook railway station is a railway station which serves the new town of Cranbrook near Exeter in Devon, England. The station is on the West of England Main Line between Whimple and Pinhoe stations. It is the newest station on the line, having opened in December 2015.
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Despite being the closest station to Exeter International Airport (2.5 miles away), there is not yet a public transport link between the two, but in 2015 a direct bus route was expected to be introduced after the station's completion, to help improve the town's poor level of bus service.
Construction
The station was originally expected to open in 2013, and the 2014 timetables included an additional two minutes for trains passing the station. However, detailed design of the station began only in summer 2014, and construction started that autumn with opening initially due in spring 2015, but problems with a sewer and railway signalling postponed the opening for a then unknown duration. In August 2015, the opening was announced for October. By October 2015, it transpired that the station would not open until 13 December 2015. The station cost £5m to build.
The station's single platform has a usable length of 150 metres (490 ft) to accommodate the six-car trains (paired three-car Class 159 units) that operate on the route. There is a car park with 150 spaces. The station and its services are operated by South West Trains.
Services
All South West Trains' services between London Waterloo and Exeter St Davids call at Cranbrook, giving the station approximately one train per hour in each direction.