Littleham railway station

Littleham
Littleham station site
General information
Location	Littleham, East Devon England
Coordinates	50.6240°N 3.3868°W / 50.6240; -3.3868
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
1 June 1903	Opened
6 March 1967	Closed

v t e Sidmouth & Budleigh Salterton Railways
West of England Main Line Feniton Sidmouth Junction West of England Main Line Ottery St Mary Tipton St Johns Sidmouth Newton Poppleford Colaton Raleigh siding East Budleigh Budleigh Salterton Littleham Avocet Line Exmouth

Littleham railway station served the village of Littleham, in Devon, England between 1903 and 1967; it was a stop on the Budleigh Salterton Railway between Tipton St Johns to Exmouth.

History

A historical map of local railway lines

Littleham station was opened on 1 June 1903 by the London and South Western Railway, when it opened the extension of the Budleigh Salterton Railway from Budleigh Salterton to Exmouth.[1][2]

It had two platforms on either side of a passing loop; there was a signal box and a goods yard to the south of the station. The goods yard was capable of handling most goods including live stock and was equipped with a two-ton crane.[3][4]

The station was host to a Southern Railway camping coach from 1937 to 1939.[5] Three camping coaches were positioned here by the Southern Region from 1954 to 1960; four Pullman camping coaches in 1962 were reduced to two for 1963 and 1964.[6]

The station was closed when the line closed on 6 March 1967.[1][7]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Budleigh Salterton Line and station closed		British Rail Southern Region Budleigh Salterton Railway		Exmouth Line closed, station open

The site today

Only the stationmaster's house remains as a private dwelling; the rest of the site has been redeveloped as road and housing.[8]

References

Citations

1. Quick 2022, p. 283.
2. Grant 2017, p. 81.
3. "Littleham station on OS 25 inch map Devon CIII.2 (Littleham; Withycombe Raleigh)". National Library of Scotland. 1905. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
4. The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 319.
5. McRae 1997, p. 33.
6. McRae 1998, pp. 59 & 67.
7. Hurst 1992, p. 48 (ref 2193).
8. Catford, Nick (21 May 2017). "Station name: Littleham". Disused Stations. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

Bibliography

• Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
• Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
• McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
• McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
• Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
• The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.