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The Budleigh Salterton Railway was a single track branch railway line that ran from a junction on the Sidmouth Railway at Tipton St Johns to Exmouth via four intermediate stations: Newton Poppleford, East Budleigh, Budleigh Salterton, and Littleham. There were passing loops at Littleham and Budleigh Salterton. | The Budleigh Salterton Railway was a single track branch railway line that ran from a junction on the Sidmouth Railway at Tipton St Johns to Exmouth via four intermediate stations: Newton Poppleford, East Budleigh, Budleigh Salterton, and Littleham. There were passing loops at Littleham and Budleigh Salterton. | ||
1868 Engineer is [[Galbraith and Tolme]].<ref>[[1868 Bradshaw's Railway Manual]]</ref> | |||
1894 Company was incorporated. | 1894 Company was incorporated. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:13, 31 October 2023
The Budleigh Salterton Railway was a single track branch railway line that ran from a junction on the Sidmouth Railway at Tipton St Johns to Exmouth via four intermediate stations: Newton Poppleford, East Budleigh, Budleigh Salterton, and Littleham. There were passing loops at Littleham and Budleigh Salterton.
1868 Engineer is Galbraith and Tolme.[1]
1894 Company was incorporated.
1908 The line, which is 6.5 miles in length, is to be worked and maintained by the London and South Western Railway [2]
The contractors were Lucas and Aird
The line closed to freight traffic on 27 January 1964 and to passengers on 6 March 1967.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1868 Bradshaw's Railway Manual
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908