Exeter to Exmouth branch line

A look at the former LSWR Exeter to Exmouth branch line as it is today

[@GlynJones1]

Enjoyed this very much

[@nigelgarvey2046]

Very interesting! Thanks. My grandparents lived in Exeter when I was a kid, my grandad working at Exmouth Junction. My grandmother occasionally took us to Exmouth for a day at the seaside, taking the train from one of the bay platforms at Exeter Central. I remember Woodbury Road becoming "Exton" and the comparatively large terminus at Exmouth accommodating trains for both the Exeter and Sidmouth Junction lines. The locomotives were mostly BR Class 3 2-6-2Ts, but we did sometimes get one of the older Southern Region tank engines. (An M7, I think.) When I took a DMU to Exmouth a few years later, it was saddening to see the single track simply go to the buffers and stop. There was no junction, no yard, no run-round loop, no other track at all. 🙁 But it's good to know the line's still seeing regular traffic today.

[@MrGreatplum]

Very informative, thank you. I went to Exeter uni at the turn of the century so the railway line is very familiar to me

[@arp201267]

I grew up in Topsham and have many happy memories of using the line to go to Exeter, Exmouth and St James Park to watch Exeter City. Lovely video.

[@ashleyjiscool]

4:10 that train lights are red when they should be white