Crediton

CRS Code	CDI
Collected date	24/05/06

A hilly cycle ride out of Exeter took us to Crediton, on the branch line to Barnstaple. The station building is now open as a tea room and railway museum and was very welcome to tired cyclists! The front of the station building:

The platform side of the station building. Note the Wessex Trains station sign; First had done such a good job of rebranding stations since taking over the franchise in April 2006 that this was the only Wessex sign we saw.

Next to the station building is a wooden shelter:

North of the station building is an old-style sign and garden:

At the northern end of platform 1, the footbridge joins the two platforms:

The end of the footbridge, with the shield indicating that it was built by the London and South Western Railway:

The level crossing and signalbox, with a train expected soon:

Crediton signalbox. North of Crediton station is the junction where the line out to Meldon Quarry branches from the line to Barnstaple, and Crediton signalbox handles tokens for both:

Looking north from the footbridge along the line, as the signaller waits to collect a token from a quarry train:

Looking south from the footbridge at the station:

The wooden shelter building on platform 2:

Looking south from the end of platform 2:

Looking back from the end of platform 2 at a bay siding:

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