Exmouth Junction Sidings

The site near to exmouth junction is a long term brownfield site which has historically been used as a railway goods yard rail sidings and coal concentration yard before most recently being used for surface storage.

Exmouth junction sidings.

It was for many years the lo ca tion for one of the largest en gine sheds in the for mer lon don and south west ern rail way. Works commenced in 1927 and involved wholly abolishing the down platform and associated waiting shelters to widen the track bed permitting the laying of two more lines. The unit heading for exmouth has to be held on the main at exmouth junction. Exmouth junction was the main marshalling yard for sorting goods traffic between sr stations in devon and cornwall and points further east.

The down sidings were on the south side of the line to the east of the signal box. Exmouth junction was the main marshalling yard for sorting goods traffic between sr stations in devon and cornwall and points further east. The down sidings were on the south side of the line to the east of the signal box. For this scheme exmouth junction concrete works was in its element for it supplied the majority of pre cast material for the station rebuilding.

In 1973 the line was singled from exmouth junction but they left a small passing loop off the main line. Exmouth junction black boy tunnel st davids tunnel exeter basin city basin junction exeter railway junction cowley bridge junction perridge tunnel exminster watertroughs culver tunnel crockham siding trusham quarry coleford junction kennaway tunnel tourist other mamhead house. There were two sidings between the through platforms until 1969 which were used by spare carriages and locomotives the london and south western railway lswr opened its exeter extension from yeovil junction on 19 july 1860 and its station at queen street in the city centre became the terminus for services from london waterloo station. Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Ex mouth junction is the rail way junc tion where the ex mouth branch line di verges from the lon don wa ter loo to ex eter main line in ex eter devon eng land. 80064 former exmouth junction class 4 2 6 4 80064 was moved by rail from buckfastleigh to poltimore sidings for onward movement by road to the bluebell railway in 1984. In 1988 this was taken out and it does cause hold ups if a unit is coming off the branch.