Marsh Barton railway station

Marsh Barton railway station is a proposed station in the Marsh Barton area of Exeter, Devon. The station would be located on the Riviera Line between Exeter St Thomas and Starcross stations. Marsh Barton is identified as a strategic employment area in local planning policy, and the new station will support employment development.[1]

A First Great Western local service from Exeter passes the site proposed for Marsh Barton station
(July 2015)

Plans for the station are being developed by Network Rail and Devon County Council[2][3] as part of the "Devon Metro" proposal.

Work was due to start on the station in early 2017, and Devon County Council hoped that it would be open in December 2017.[4] However as of February 2019, no work has started.[5]

In an update in April 2020, officers of Devon County Council said that a decision had been made to prioritise this station over a possible reopening of Exminster railway station. A planning application would be submitted in Spring 2020 and the station could open by the end of 2021.[6]

Services[7]
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Exeter St Thomas   Great Western Railway
Riviera Line		   Starcross

References
  1. "Heart of the South West Local Transport Board" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2014.
  2. "Travel Devon - Devon County Council".
  3. "Latest Devon News - DevonLive.com". Devon Live. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  4. "Here's why construction of a new £7.4m Exeter train station has been delayed". 15 September 2016.
  5. Clark, Daniel (4 February 2019). "Train station set for 2016 still years away from being built". Devon Live. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  6. Clark, Daniel (13 April 2020). "Exminster railway station plans 'almost impossible', councillors told". Devonlive. Reach plc. Archived from the original on 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.

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