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Marsh Barton railway station is a station under construction in the Marsh Barton area of Exeter, Devon. The station will 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]

Marsh Barton
A Great Western Railway Class 150 passes the station while it is under construction in 2021
General information
LocationExeter
England
Coordinates50.704°N 3.521°W / 50.704; -3.521
Grid referenceSX926905
Managed byGreat Western Railway
Platforms2 (projected)
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeMBT

History


Plans for the station were 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] Construction work actually began in April 2021, with the station now expected to be open for passengers by the end of 2022.[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.[6] Marsh Barton is expected to cost £16 million, with each platform measuring 407 feet (124 m) in order to accommodate 5-car trains.[7]

The station will be located off Clapperbridge Lane East, adjacent to an energy from waste (EfW) plant.[8]


Services


The station will be located between Exeter St Thomas and Starcross railway stations, being served by Great Western only.[9]

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. "Marsh Barton railway station work begins ahead of 2022 opening". 16 April 2021.
  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.
  7. Clark, Daniel; Finch, Hannah (15 January 2021). "New £16million rail station for Exeter's Marsh Barton to begin within weeks". Business Live. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  8. Pritchard, Robert, ed. (June 2021). "Marsh Barton work starts". Today's Railways. No. 232. Sheffield: Platform 5. p. 20. ISSN 1475-9713.
  9. "Great Britain National Rail Train Operators August 2017" (PDF). projectmapping.co.uk. August 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2021.


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