Place East Budleigh Post-grouping Southern Railway 1967 Closed | Area East Devon 1897 Opened Platforms in use 1 | |
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Original company London and South Western Railway People also search for Littleham railway station | ||
East Budleigh railway station is a closed railway station that served the villages of East Budleigh and Otterton in Devon, England. It was opened in 1897 on the Budleigh Salterton Railway, but was closed to passengers in 1967 due to the Beeching Axe.
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History
The station was originally opened as Budleigh on the Budleigh Salterton Railway (BSR), which branched from the Sidmouth Railway at Tipton St Johns. The station was renamed East Budleigh in 1898. The London and South Western Railway, which worked the BSR, did not name the station after the nearby village of Otterton to avoid confusion with its Otterham station on the North Cornwall line.
Passenger and freight services were withdrawn in 1967.
Present state
The station building and platform survive as private accommodation, with a few alterations.