Topsham railway station
{{Short description|Railway station in Devon, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2017}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Topsham
| symbol_location = gb
| symbol = rail
| image = 2015 at Topsham station - old station building and signal box.JPG
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|50.68588|-3.46401|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name = Grid reference
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SX966883|25|SX966883}}
| manager = Great Western Railway
| platforms = 2
| code = TOP
| classification = DfT category F2
| original = London and South Western Railway
| postgroup = Southern Railway
| years = Opened
| events = 1861
| mpassengers =
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.229 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 67,918}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.207 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.228 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.260 million}}
| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
}}
{{Exeter stations}}
Topsham railway station is the railway station serving the town of Topsham in the English county of Devon. It is the passing place for the otherwise single-track branch line from Exmouth Junction to Exmouth. Both the loop and adjacent level crossing are remotely worked from the signal box at Exmouth Junction.
History
The station, with buildings designed by Sir William Tite, opened with the railway on 1 May 1861.{{cite news |author= |title=Opening of the Exeter and Exmouth Railway |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000267/18610503/034/0006 |newspaper=Exeter and Plymouth Gazette |location=England |date=3 May 1861 |access-date=15 October 2017 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }} On 23 September 1861 a {{convert|700|yd|m}} branch was opened from the south end of the station, which dropped steeply to the wharf on the River Exe.{{cite book |last = Mitchell |first = Vic|author2=Smith, Keith |title = Branch Lines to Exmouth |publisher = Middleton Press |year = 1992 |location = Midhurst|isbn = 1-873793-00-6}}
The station was initially owned by the London and South Western Railway. In 1923 this became a constituent of the Southern Railway which, in turn was nationalised in 1948. Following the privatisation of British Rail it was operated by Wessex Trains but the franchise has now been transferred to Great Western Railway.
Facilities
There is a ticket machine on platform 1, and waiting areas on both platforms. Both platforms have step-free access.{{Cite web |title=National Rail Enquiries - |url=https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations-and-destinations/stations-made-easy/topsham-station-plan |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=www.nationalrail.co.uk}}
Services
All trains on the Avocet Line from {{stnlnk|Exmouth}} to {{stnlnk|Exeter St Davids}} and {{stnlnk|Paignton}} call at Topsham.
Connections are available at {{stnlnk|Exeter Central}} for {{stnlnk|Barnstaple}} also {{stnlnk|Honiton}} and other stations to London Waterloo via {{stnlnk|Salisbury}}; passengers for other main line stations should change at Exeter St Davids.
{{adjacent stations
|system1=National Rail
|line1=Great Western Railway|type1=Avocet Line|left1=Newcourt|right1=Exton
}}
References
{{commons category|Topsham railway station}}
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External links
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{{Devon railway stations}}
Category:Railway stations in Exeter
Category:Former London and South Western Railway stations
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1861
Category:Railway stations served by Great Western Railway
Category:William Tite railway stations