Feniton railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Feniton
code = FNT


manager = South West Trains
locale = Feniton
borough = East Devon
lowusage0405 = 57,541
lowusage0506 = 55,341
lowusage0607 = 59,872
platforms = 1
years = 19 July 1860
events = Opened (Feniton)
years1 = 1 July 1861
events1 = Renamed (Ottery and Sidmouth Road)
years2 = February 1868
events2 = Renamed (Feniton for Ottery St Mary)
years3 = April 1868
events3 = Renamed (Ottery Road)
years4 = 6 July 1874
events4 = Renamed (Sidmouth Junction)
years5 = 6 March 1967
events5 = Closed
years6 = 5 May 1971
events6 = Reopened and renamed (Feniton)

Feniton Railway Station ("originally Ottery Road, then Sidmouth Junction") is a railway station in East Devon. It serves the village of Feniton but its original purpose was as the interchange with the branches to Sidmouth and Exmouth "via" Budleigh Salterton. It closed along with the branches in 1967 but was reopened in 1971, as a result of local campaigning by the residents of the rapidly expanding village. The original station building was demolished shortly after the original closure, and was replaced by a modern prefabricated building. The platform is short and long trains overhang the platform and level crossing to the west of the station. Until the platform can be lengthened, selective door opening is used, where only the doors on the front unit will open.

External links

* [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/s/sidmouth_junction/index.shtml Subterranea Britannica site record for Sidmouth Junction station]
* [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~owend/interests/rail/stnpages/feniton.html Photographs of Feniton Railway Station]

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