Okehampton

CRS Code	***
Collected date	28/05/06

Although Okehampton station was closed in 1972, and with it the passenger service from Exeter St Davids, the line between the two was never lifted. On Summer Sundays, Devon County Council charters a direct rail service to Okehampton which then connects with the services of the Dartmoor Railway onwards to Meldon Quarry. This scheduled service to stations not properly on the network confuses the displays at Exeter St Davids no end:

The front of Okehampton station:

Into the station and its ticket hall:

The rear of the station building, with the service from Exeter standing at the platform:

On the day we arrived the platform (platform 3) was full of small trade stalls:

Looking west along platform 3 under the canopy:

Platform 3 beyond the station building:

At the western end of platform 3 is the signalbox:

The rear of the signalbox, seen from the station approach:

A footbridge links platform 3 to platforms 1 and 2 on the other side:

The entrance to the footbridge from platforms 1 and 2:

Platforms 1 and 2 can also be accessed by a ramp from the other side of the railway:

Looking east along platforms 1 and 2 at the footbridge:

Looking west along platforms 1 and 2:

A new canopy was being constructed on platform 2 at the time I visited:

To the south of the station is the old goods shed, now in use as a youth hostel and information centre:

One side of the building still has a loading gauge:

Looking east along the line back towards Sampford Courtenay and Crediton:

Looking west along the line towards Meldon Quarry:

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