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Exe Valley Railway
Bampton station
Overview
StatusClosed
OwnerGreat Western Railway
LocaleDevon
Termini
  • Morebath Junction
  • Stoke Canon
History
Opened1 August 1884
Closed7 October 1963
Technical
Line length19.16 miles (30.84 km)
Number of tracks1
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)

The Exe Valley Railway was a branch line built by the Great Western Railway (GWR) in Devon, England, to link its Bristol to Exeter line with its Devon and Somerset Railway (D&SR), thereby connecting Exeter with Dulverton (which is in Somerset). The line was in use from 1884 until 1964.

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population was unchanged in 2011 but the village forms the major part of the Exe Valley electoral ward. The population of this ward was 2,041 at the 2011 Census...

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