Tipton St Johns railway station

Tipton St Johns railway station is a closed railway station that served the village of Tipton St John in Devon, England. It was opened in 1874 and later served as the junction for the Budleigh Salterton Railway, but was closed to passengers in 1967 due to the Beeching Axe.

Tipton St Johns
EX-LSW 4-4-2T on Rail Tour in 1953
Location
Place	Tipton St John
Area	East Devon
Coordinates	50.7188°N 3.2892°W / 50.7188; -3.2892
Operations
Original company	Sidmouth Railway
Pre-grouping	Sidmouth Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Platforms	2
History
6 July 1874	Opened as Tipton
2 January 1881	Renamed as Tipton St Johns
6 March 1967	Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

History

Local railway lines

The station was originally opened on 6 July 1874 as Tipton when the Sidmouth Railway opened between Sidmouth Junction (now Feniton) on the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) line from Yeovil Junction to Exeter Queen Street and terminated at Sidmouth.[1][2]

The station originally had two platforms either side of a passing loop, there was one siding with a head shunt to the west, extending behind the station building.[3]

The station was renamed Tipton St Johns on 2 January 1881.[1] The station expanded in 1897 when it became a junction as the Budleigh Salterton Railway opened the line to Budleigh Salterton.[4][5] Additional sidings either side of the running line were provided, there was a signal box and a footbridge linking the platforms.[6]

A camping coach was positioned here by the Southern Region from 1954 to 1964, and probably for some of the summers from 1948 to 1953. From 1961 a Pullman camping coach was here.[7]

The station closed to passengers on 6 March 1967 and freight services were withdrawn from the line on 8 May 1967.[1][8]

Present state

The station building and platform remain as private accommodation known as station house.[9]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Ottery St Mary Line and station closed		BR Southern Region Sidmouth Railway		Sidmouth Line and station closed
		BR Southern Region Budleigh Salterton Railway		Newton Poppleford Line and station closed

Sidmouth & Budleigh Salterton Railways
West of England Main Line Feniton Sidmouth Junction West of England Main Line Ottery St Mary Tipton St Johns Sidmouth Newton Poppleford Colaton Raleigh siding East Budleigh Budleigh Salterton Littleham Avocet Line Exmouth

References

1. Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 230. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
2. Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 510. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
3. "Tipton station on OS 25 inch map Devon LXXXII.5 (Ottery St Mary)". National Library of Scotland. 1889. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
4. "Sidmouth Junction to Tipton St Johns and thence to Sidmouth or Budleigh Salterton/Exmouth". Cornwall Railway Society. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
5. Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
6. "Tipton station on OS 25 inch map Devon LXXXII.5 (Ottery St Mary)". National Library of Scotland. 1905. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
7. McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. pp. 59 & 65. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
8. Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. pp. 48 & 49 (refs 2192 & 2237). ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
9. Catford, Nick (4 April 2013). "Tipton St. Johns". Disused Stations.