Newton St Cyres railway station

Newton St Cyres railway station is a railway station serving the village of Newton St Cyres, Devon, England. It is served by a limited number of Great Western Railway trains on the Tarka Line and Dartmoor Line.

Newton St Cyres
Looking north towards Crediton
General information
LocationNewton St Cyres, Mid Devon
England
Coordinates50.77884°N 3.58915°W / 50.77884; -3.58915
Grid referenceSX880989
Managed byGreat Western Railway
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeNTC
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Original companyExeter and Crediton Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and South Western Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Key dates
Opened1851
Passengers
2016/17 2,940
2017/18 2,468
2018/19 3,000
2019/20 2,684
2020/21 366
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station is situated about one mile from Newton St Cyres village.

History

The Exeter and Crediton Railway was opened on 12 May 1851 but this, the only intermediate station, was not opened until October 1851.[1] At the time it was named just 'St Cyres'.[2] Only one track was in use at the time due to a dispute a dispute over the track gauge and this served the platform on the north side of the railway.[3] The ticket office and facilities were in a wooden building which was probably moved from Cowley where the railway had intended to open a temporary terminus in 1848 but were unable to do so.[4]

The line towards Exeter was doubled and a signal box provided from 23 February 1875, then the line towards Crediton was doubled from 2 June 1875.[5] The station was renamed as Newton St Cyres on 1 October 1913.[1]

The signal box was closed on 17 August 1930 when the signalling equipment was transferred into the booking office. The goods yard closed on 12 September 1960 and the signals taken out of use on 31 July 1968. The line became just a single track again on 16 December 1984.[2]

The platform on the south side is still in place but disused. The former station master's house is now in private use and the old Station Hotel is now named The Beer Engine.[1]

Facilities

The platform that is in use is on the north side of the line and has a waiting shelter. There is no ticket machine or other facilities and the station is unstaffed.[6]

Services

All services at Newton St Cyres are operated by Great Western Railway. Only a limited number of trains (between six and eight each way each day) between Barnstaple or Okehampton and Exeter Central call at Newton St Cyres and this is only on request to the conductor or by signalling the driver as it approaches.[6]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Exeter St David's   Great Western Railway
(Tarka Line and Dartmoor line)		   Crediton

Community railway

The railway between Exeter and Barnstaple is promoted as the Tarka Line. It is designated as a community railway and is supported by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership.[7]

References
  1. Oakley, Mike (2007). Devon Railway Stations. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press. pp. 145–146. ISBN 978-1-904-34955-6.
  2. Nicholas, John (1992). The North Devon Line. Sparkford: Oxford Publishing Company. pp. 13–17. ISBN 0-86093-461-6.
  3. Nicholas 1992, pp. 92–93
  4. Garnsworthy, Paul (2013). "Cowley Station". Broadsheet (69): 25–29.
  5. Nicholas 1992, pp. 111–112
  6. "Train Times (D2)" (PDF). Great Western Railway. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  7. "Tarka Line". Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
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