| 词条 | Digby and Sowton railway station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Digby and Sowton | symbol = rail | image_name = Digby and Sowton - fGWR 143619 arriving from Exmouth.JPG | locale = Digby | borough = Exeter | coordinates = {{coord|50.714|-3.474|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}} | code = DIG | manager = Great Western Railway | platforms = 1
Digby and Sowton railway station is on the Avocet Line in Devon, England. The station is unstaffed,[1] however a computer ticket machine is installed selling tickets for immediate travel. As a result of this, the station is part of a new Penalty Fare Zone, where passengers could be charged a £20 penalty fare if a ticket is not purchased, prior to joining the train. HistoryA small station known as Clyst St Mary and Digby Halt was opened by the London and South Western Railway on 1 June 1908 to serve Clyst St Mary and Digby Psychiatric Hospital. The 120 foot (37 m) long platforms were built from old railway sleepers. It was closed by the new British Railways on 27 September 1948.[2] The present Digby and Sowton station was funded by Devon County Council and Tesco Stores Limited; construction began on 9 November 1994 and it opened on 23 May 1995.[3] It is situated about {{convert|380|yd|m}} south of the site of the old station to serve new housing on the site of the now closed psychiatric hospital, and also a light industrial estate at nearby Sowton. The station was operated by Wessex Trains, until 31 March 2006 when First Great Western took over the franchise. DescriptionThe station serves the Sowton Industrial Estate via a long foot/cycle path that runs along the railway line and the housing estates around the former Digby Hospital through a step free access bridge, with divided sections for cycles and pedestrians. The station is also a short walk to/from the Sandy Park rugby ground, the home of the Exeter Chiefs. In 2009, it was included in a two-year scheme to improve local railway stations. Shelter space for passengers was doubled, better surface and lighting was installed, and a new footpath was created.[1] The cycle network connecting stations along the Avocet Line from Exmouth to Exeter, including the Digby and Sowton station, was improved.[1] Passenger volumeThere has been considerable growth in passenger usage of Digby & Sowton. During the twelve months ended March 2003, over 120,000 people used the station, and this doubled within five years.[4] In 2009, over 275,000 passengers used the rail station, making it one of the busiest unstaffed railway stations in the area.[1]
ServicesAll trains on the Avocet Line from Exmouth to Exeter St Davids call at Digby and Sowton. Beyond St Davids they generally continue to either Paignton or Barnstaple. Connections are available at Exeter Central for Pinhoe and stations to London Waterloo; passengers for other main line stations change at Exeter St Davids.[5] {{rail start}}{{rail line|previous=Newcourt|route=Great Western RailwayAvocet Line|next=Polsloe Bridge |col={{FGW colour}} }}{{s-end}} References{{commons category}}1. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|url=http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/Exeter-rail-station-wins-revamp-cash/story-11746187-detail/story.html|title=Exeter rail station wins revamp cash|newspaper=Express & Echo|date=20 August 2009}} 2. ^{{cite book | last = Oakley | first = Mike | title = Devon Railway Stations | publisher = The Dovecote Press | date = 2007 | location = Wimbourne| isbn = 978-1-904349-55-6}} 3. ^{{cite book |last=Maggs |first=Colin G. |title=The Exeter and Exmouth Railway |series=Locomotion Papers |year=1997 |origyear=1980 |publisher=Oakwood Press |location=Usk |isbn=0-85361-430-X |id=LP203 |page=41 |ref=harv }} 4. ^{{cite web|title =Station Usage|work =Rail Statistics|publisher =Office of Rail Regulation| url=http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529|accessdate = 2009-03-13}} 5. ^{{NRtimes|May 2016|136}} {{Devon railway stations}} 5 : Railway stations in Exeter|Railway stations opened by Railtrack|Railway stations opened in 1995|Railway stations served by Great Western Railway|1995 establishments in England |
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