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Axminster railway station serves the town of Axminster in Devon, England. It is operated by South Western Railway and is situated on the West of England Main Line . It is 144 miles 41 chains (232.6 km) down the line from London Waterloo .
Lyme Regis was the last of the intermediate branches to be built after several earlier schemes from 1864 failed; the Lyme Regis branch line ran from Axminster station with 1 in 40 gradients and sharp curves, opening on 24 August 1903. Constructed and worked by the Axminster & Lyme Regis Light Railway, it was absorbed by the LSWR on 1 January ...
Axminster railway station was opened on 19 July 1860, with the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) offering direct services between Queen Street station in Exeter and Yeovil. The station building was designed by the LSWR's architect Sir William Tite in mock gothic style. In 1903, the branch line from Axminster to Lyme Regis was opened.
A train on the Lyme Regis branch line. The line was 6 miles 45.6 chains (10.57 km) long. [note 1] Starting from Axminster station, at the level of the River Axe there, it climbed, running broadly southerly to Combpyne, where the only intermediate station was sited.
Axminster: EX13 5PJ: AXM: AXM: Aylesbury: HP20 1RU: AYS: AYS: Aylesbury Vale Parkway: HP18 0PS: AVP: AVP: ... List of National Rail Station codes National Rail covers ...
Long-distance bus services connect some coastal towns with railway stations: Bideford and Westward Ho! to Barnstaple railway station; Bridport to Axminster railway station and Dorchester South railway station; Bude to Exeter St Davids railway station; Lyme Regis to Axminster railway station; Seaton and Beer to Axminster railway station
The station is also served by a single weekday peak hour service from Barnstaple to Axminster which is operated by Great Western Railway. [3] Due to the short platform at this station, passengers wishing to alight need to be in the front 3 coaches of the train as the platform can only take 3-car trains. [4]
Axminster railway station; B. Babbacombe Cliff Railway; Barnstaple Long Bridge; Barnstaple railway station; Beer Quarry Caves; Berry Head Lighthouse; Bideford Long ...