Exeter St Davids is the main railway station in Exeter, and lies at the bottom of the Exe valley down some steep hills. The local topography makes getting a good view of the whole of the station's long frontage is a bit difficult, but here's a view over the top of nearby houses:
A closer view of the central section of the frontage:
Looking at the station frontage from the northern end of the building:
Detail of the northern wing of the station building:
North of this section is an incongruous red brick building:
Looking through the gap between the two buildings:
Back in the centre of the building, the entrance:
The entrance leads through a small concourse and ticket office to platform 1:
Right next to the door to the concourse is the cafe:
A high roof above platform 1:
Looking north along platform 1:
Looking south along platfrom 1:
At the northern end of platform 1 is a small bay containing platform 2 and a disused platform edge:
The station has two footbridges. This is the tiled route to the more southern of the two, which does not have a lift:
A view of the second footbridge from platform 1, showing the lift towers:
Looking north from the end of platform 1 at the level crossing:
Looking north from the northern footbridge, with the level crossing in the distance and platform 2 just visible on the far right:
Looking south from the northern footbridge, with the southern one visible in the distance:
From the footbridge, a view of the roof behind the screen wall which runs along most of the front of the station:
Looking the other way we see the top of the red brick building:
The lift tower and steps down to platforms 3 and 4 from the northern footbridge:
From the southern end of platform 5, looking north with the southern footbridge steps down to platforms 3 and 4 visible on the right:
On platform 4, looking south at the southern footbridge and platform 5:
Platform 5 seen from platform 4:
On platform 6, looking at some dilapidated buildings to the west of the station:
A view of the same buildings (showing a platform edge) from the footbridge:
An overview of the station area from the southern end of platform 5:
Looking south along the line, with the branch to Exeter Central curving away on the left:
Just west of the station is this yard, seen here from the edge of platform 6:
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