Littleham railway station
{{Short description|Former railway station in Devon, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Littleham
| status = Disused
| image = Littleham geograph-3752083-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
| caption = Littleham station site
| borough = Littleham, East Devon
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|50.6240|-3.3868|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
| platforms = 2
| original = London and South Western Railway
| postgroup = Southern Railway
| years = 1 June 1903
| events = Opened
| years1 = 6 March 1967
| events1 = Closed
}}
{{Sidmouth and Budleigh Salterton Railways}}
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 {{rws|Tipton St Johns}} to {{rws|Exmouth}}.
History
File:East Devon branch lines.png
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 {{rws|Budleigh Salterton}} to {{rws|Exmouth}}.{{sfn|Quick|2022|p=283}}{{sfn|Grant|2017|p=81}}
It had two platforms on either side of a passing loop; 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.{{cite web |title=Littleham station on OS 25 inch map Devon CIII.2 (Littleham; Withycombe Raleigh) |year=1905 |url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/106005200#zoom=5&lat=5530&lon=9450&layers=BT |website=National Library of Scotland |access-date=9 July 2020}}{{sfn|The Railway Clearing House|1970|p=319}}
The station was host to a Southern Railway camping coach from 1937 to 1939.{{sfn|McRae|1997|p=33}} 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.{{sfn|McRae|1998|pp=59 & 67}}
The station was closed when the line closed on 6 March 1967.{{sfn|Quick|2022|p=283}}{{sfn|Hurst|1992|p=48 (ref 2193)}}
{{Disused Rail Start}}
{{rail line|previous={{stnlnk|Budleigh Salterton}}
Line and station closed |route=British Rail
Southern Region
Budleigh Salterton Railway|next={{stnlnk|Exmouth}}
Line closed, station open |col={{BR(S) colour}} }}
{{s-end}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/l/littleham/index.shtml |last=Catford |first=Nick |website=Disused Stations |title=Station name: Littleham |date=21 May 2017 |access-date=9 July 2020}}
References
=Citations=
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=Bibliography=
- {{Grant-RailCo}}
- {{cite book|last=Hurst|first=Geoffrey|date=1992|title=Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991|url=https://archive.org/details/registerofclosed0000hurs|url-access=registration|location=Worksop, Nottinghamshire|publisher=Milepost Publications|isbn=0-9477-9618-5}}
- {{cite book|last=McRae|first=Andrew|title=British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region)|volume=Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One)|publisher=Foxline|year=1997|isbn=1-870119-48-7}}
- {{cite book|last=McRae|first=Andrew|title=British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s |volume=Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two) |publisher=Foxline |year=1998 |isbn=1-870119-53-3}}
- {{Quick-stations-5}}
- {{cite book|last=The Railway Clearing House|origyear=1904|year=1970|edition=1970 D&C Reprint|title=The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904|location=Newton Abbot|publisher=David & Charles Reprints|isbn=0-7153-5120-6}}
Category:Disused railway stations in Devon
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1903
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1967