The Railway Dog

Exeter St Davids

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No new adventures to report this week, so another delve into the archives. Inspired by our visit to Devon last month I thought I’d share some glimpses of Exeter St Davids. The images above show Yoshi on the station footbridge on his way to find some Castle Class HST’s to bark at. I’m sure you’ll hear him in the video below over the sound of Storm Arwen which was also visiting the West Country that day.

Exeter St Davids is managed by Great Western Railway and serves their line from London Paddington to Plymouth and beyond. The station also welcomes trains from London Waterloo run by South Western Railway and CrossCountry services. The station opened in 1844 as the terminus of the Bristol and Exeter Railway. The existing facade dates from 1864 when the station was remodelled from its earliest Brunel incarnation.

The semaphore signals and signal box seen in this 1980’s view are long gone
Class 33 No. 33 030 waits alongside Peak 45 010 on 25th May 1979
Class 50 No. 50 021 waits with an up service
Class 33 No. 33 028 departs Exeter St Davids 25th May 1979
Class 50 No. 50 019 ‘Ramillies’ 25th May 1979

The video below filmed on 17th July 1993 contrasts with the footage in the video above.

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