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Littleham railway station
Former railway station in Devon, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Littleham railway station served the village of Littleham, in Devon, England between 1903 and 1967. It was a stop on the Budleigh Salterton Railway between Tipton St Johns to Exmouth.
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History

Littleham station was opened on 1 June 1903 by the London and South Western Railway, when it opened the extension of the Budleigh Salterton Railway from Budleigh Salterton to Exmouth.[1][2]
It had two platforms on either side of a passing loop and there was a signal box and a goods yard to the south of the station. The goods yard was capable of handling most goods including live stock and was equipped with a two-ton crane.[3][4]
The station was host to a Southern Railway camping coach from 1937 to 1939.[5] Three camping coaches were positioned here by the Southern Region from 1954 to 1960; four Pullman camping coaches in 1962 were reduced to two for 1963 and 1964.[6]
The station was closed when the line closed on 6 March 1967.[1][7]
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The site today
Only the stationmaster's house remains as a private dwelling; the rest of the site has been redeveloped as road and housing.[8]
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