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Pinhoe railway station

Pinhoe railway station is a railway station located on the eastern edge of the city of Exeter in Devon, England, that serves the village of Pinhoe. It was opened by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) in 1871, but is now operated by South Western Railway, which provides services on the West of England Main Line. It is 168 miles 44 chains (271.3 km) down the line from London Waterloo.

Pinhoe
National Rail
General information
LocationPinhoe, Exeter
England, United Kingdom
Coordinates50°44′16″N 3°28′11″W / 50.7377°N 3.4698°W / 50.7377; -3.4698
Grid referenceSX962941
Managed bySouth Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codePIN
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Original companyLondon and South Western Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Key dates
1871Opened
1966Closed for passengers
1967Closed for goods
1983Reopened
Passengers
2019/20Increase 0.130 million
2020/21Decrease 46,198
2021/22Increase 0.139 million
2022/23Increase 0.166 million
2023/24Increase 0.192 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

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The LSWR opened its Exeter Extension from Yeovil Junction to Exeter Queen Street on July 19, 1860, but no station was provided at Pinhoe at that time. The village's station opened eleven years later on October 30, 1871. The original wooden footbridge was replaced by a concrete structure cast at nearby Exmouth Junction works, the first such footbridge erected by the Southern Railway, which had taken over from the LSWR in 1923.[1]

Goods facilities were provided from April 3, 1882, and in 1943, a government food cold store was built to the west of the station that was served by its own siding. The passenger station was closed on March 7, 1966 when the Western Region of British Railways withdrew the local stopping services from the line. Goods facilities were withdrawn on June 10, 1967 and the cold store siding (now operated by a private company) closed in 1979.[2]

The station was reopened by British Rail on May 16, 1983. Passengers waiting at the reopened station have glass and metal shelters.[1] Instead of serving a country village, it was now on the eastern edge of the expanding city. The initial trial period for commuter services proved successful,[1] and a regular service now operates all day, seven days a week.[3] Between 2003 and 2008, passenger numbers increased by 530%, and are still increasing with an estimate of 94,354 users in 2015–16, and in subsequent years consistently exceeding 100,000 passengers per year (except for 2020–21).[4]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Broad Clyst   London and South Western Railway
Salisbury to Exeter 		  Whipton Bridge Halt

Station buildings

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A two-storey brick building between the road and the eastbound platform is the former stationmaster's house. The main station building used to be next to the house but was demolished after the station closed in the 1960s.

Location

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The station is just south of the village centre to the west of Station Road, and access to the platforms is from this road. A footpath also links the eastbound platform with Main Road.[5]

Services

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South Western Railway Class 159 units arrive into Pinhoe working a London Waterloo service

Off-peak, all services at Pinhoe are operated by South Western Railway using Class 158 and 159 DMUs.

The average off-peak service in trains per hour is:[6]

The station is also served by a single weekday peak hour service from Barnstaple to Axminster, which is operated by Great Western Railway.[7]

Preceding station   National Rail Following station
Cranbrook   South Western Railway
   Exeter Central
Great Western Railway
Limited Service

Signalling

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The station was built next to the level crossing of Pinn Lane. This was operated by the station staff until 1875, when a small signal box was brought into use; it was situated on the north side of the line to the east of the road. The initial 11 levers were extended to 17 in 1943, when the cold store was built. On June 11, 1967, one of the two tracks between Pinhoe and Honiton was taken out of use, and trains towards London would often wait in the closed station for a westbound train to clear the 14-mile (23 km) single track section. The level crossing gates were replaced with lifting barriers on March 17, 1968. The signal box was closed on February 13, 1988, the level crossing and signals now being controlled from Exmouth Junction.[2] The old signal box was dismantled and re-erected in the railway museum at Bere Ferrers on the Tamar Valley Line.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Oakley, Mike (2007). Devon Railway Stations. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press. ISBN 978-1-904349-55-6.
  2. ^ a b Phillips, Derek; Pryer, George (1997). The Salisbury to Exeter Line. Sparkford: Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 0-86093-525-6.
  3. ^ "Table 160: London to Salisbury and Exeter" (PDF). Electronic National Rail Timetable. Network Rail. December 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
  4. ^ "Station Usage". Rail Statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Archived from the original on 10 July 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  5. ^ A–Z Exeter (4th ed.). Sevenoaks: Geographers’A–Z Map Company. 2007. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-84348-504-9.
  6. ^ Table 160 National Rail timetable, May 2022
  7. ^ "Train times: Exeter to Barnstaple and Okehampton" (PDF). Great Western Railway. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
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