- Copplestone railway station
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Copplestone 
Copplestone in 1969 Location Place Copplestone Local authority Mid Devon Coordinates 50°48′50″N 3°45′07″W / 50.814°N 3.752°WCoordinates: 50°48′50″N 3°45′07″W / 50.814°N 3.752°W Operations Station code COP Managed by First Great Western Number of platforms 1 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2002/03 * 1,231 2004/05 * 356 2005/06 * 1,090 2006/07 * 2,283 2007/08 * 4,563 2008/09 * 7,422 2009/10 * 8,164 History Original company North Devon Railway Pre-grouping London and South Western Railway Post-grouping Southern Railway Opened 1854 National Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Copplestone from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Copplestone railway station is on the Tarka Line serving the village of Copplestone in Devon, England. It is operated by First Great Western.
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History
The station was opened by the North Devon Railway on 1 August 1854.[1]
Description
The station has just one platform, which is on the left of trains travelling from Exeter towards Barnstaple.
Community railway
The railway between Exeter and Barnstaple is designated as a community railway and is supported by marketing provided by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership. The line is promoted under the Tarka Line name.
"The Cross" pub at Copplestone is included in the Tarka Line rail ale trail.
Passenger volume
Although passenger numbers on the Tarka Line have generally been increasing, those at the smaller stations have been in decline. Copplestone is an exception to this and has seen numbers increase by more than 4,000 from the year ending March 2005 to that ending March 2008 .[2]
2002-03 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Entries 576 137 511 1,109 2,198 Exits 652 219 579 1,174 2,365 Total 1,231 356 1,090 2,283 4,563 The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services
All trains on the Barnstaple to Exmouth service are scheduled to stop at Copplestone on request – this means that passengers alighting here must tell the conductor that they wish to do so, and those waiting to join must signal clearly to the driver as the train approaches. Trains connect with main line services at Exeter St Davids.
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Yeoford First Great Western
Tarka LineMorchard Road References
- ^ Nicholas, John (1992). The North Devon Line. Sparkford: Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 0-86093-461-6.
- ^ "Station Usage". Rail Statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
Categories:- Railway stations in Devon
- Former London and South Western Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1854
- Railway stations served by First Great Western
- DfT Category F2 stations
- British railway request stops
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