King's Nympton railway station

Infobox UK station
name = King's Nympton


locale = King's Nympton
borough = North Devon, Devon
latitude = 50.93600
longitude = -3.90535
code = KGN
manager = First Great Western
platforms = 1
lowusage0203 = 4,013
lowusage0405 = 2,400
lowusage0506 = 1,781
lowusage0607 = 1,009
original = North Devon Railway
pregroup = London and South Western Railway
postgroup = Southern Railway
years = Opened
events = 1854

King's Nympton railway station is a small station on the Tarka Line convert|25.25|mi|km|0 north west of Exeter St David's station on the way to Barnstaple. It serves a number of rural villages, including King's Nympton.

History

The station was opened as South Molton Road by the North Devon Railway on 1 August 1854. [cite book | last = Nicholas | first = John | title = The North Devon Line | publisher = Oxford Publishing Company | date = 1992 | location = Sparkford | id = ISBN 0-86093-461-6 ] Three years after nationalisation, British Railways renamed it "King's Nympton" in 1951 to avoid confusion with South Molton railway station, which is much nearer South Molton on the ex-Great Western Railway route from Taunton to Barnstaple route.

Until summer 1970 there was a 16 lever LSWR signalbox, similar in design to Crediton SB, on the down platform (platform now not in use). There were three sidings, two accessed from the down loop, and one from the up loop, and a one wagon bay off one of the sidings on the up side. On closure of the SB one siding, accessed via a groundframe, was retained for a number of years, handling fertilizer traffic.

ervices

Typically four or five trains in each direction on the Barnstaple to Exmouth service are scheduled to stop at King's Nympton on request – this means that passengers alighting here must tell the conductor that they wish to do so, and those waiting to join must signal clearly to the driver as the train approaches. Trains connect with main line services at Exeter St Davids.
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Community railway

The railway between Exeter and Barnstaple is designated as a community railway and is supported by marketing provided by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership. The line is promoted under the "Tarka Line" name.

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