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Cranbrook
National Rail
General information
LocationCranbrook, Devon, East Devon
England
Coordinates50°45′00″N 3°25′14″W / 50.7501°N 3.4206°W / 50.7501; -3.4206
ManagerSouth Western Railway
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeCBK
Key dates
13 December 2015[1]Opened[2]
Passengers
2020/21Decrease 29,804
2021/22Increase 95,524
2022/23Increase 0.103 million
2023/24Increase 0.115 million
2024/25Increase 0.120 million
Location
Map
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Cranbrook railway station serves the new town of Cranbrook near Exeter in Devon, England.[3] The station is on the West of England Main Line between Whimple and Pinhoe stations, 166 miles 15 chains (267.5 km) down the line from London Waterloo.[4] It is the newest station on the line, having opened in December 2015.

Despite being the closest station to Exeter Airport (2.2 miles away), there is not yet a public transport link between the two,[5][6][7] but in 2015 a direct bus route was expected to be introduced after the station's completion,[8] to help improve the town's poor level of bus service.[9][needs update]

History

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The station was originally expected to open in 2013,[3] and the 2014 timetables included an additional two minutes for trains passing the station.[10] However, detailed design of the station began only in summer 2014, and construction started that autumn with opening initially due in spring 2015,[11] but problems with a sewer and railway signalling postponed the opening for a then unknown duration.[12] In August 2015, the opening was announced for October.[13] By October 2015, it transpired that the station would not open until 13 December 2015.[14][15][16] The station cost £5m to build.[17]

Facilities

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The station's single platform has a usable length of 150 metres (490 ft)[18] to accommodate the six-car trains that operate on the route.[19] There is a car park with 150 spaces and a ticket machine.[19][20]

Services

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A Class 159 arrives at the station

Off-peak, all services at Cranbrook are operated by South Western Railway.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[21]

The station is also served by a single weekday peak hour service from Barnstaple to Axminster which is operated by Great Western Railway.[22]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Whimple   South Western Railway
   Pinhoe
Feniton    
Great Western Railway
Limited Service

References

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  1. ↑ "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Cranbrook (Devon) (CBK)". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 "First Cranbrook train is delayed until 2015". Express and Echo. Exeter. 18 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  4. ↑ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (2024). Railway Track Diagrams; 5: Southern & TfL (5th ed.). Frome: TRACKmaps. p. 36. ISBN 978 1999627171.
  5. ↑ "Carto Gold". www.cartogold.co.uk. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Cranbrook Travel Plan | Bus Links". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Bus Services – Exeter International Airport". Archived from the original on 4 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Network Rail confirm Cranbrook railway station is set to open this summer". Exeter Express and Echo. Archived from the original on 10 October 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "15/0045/MOUT CRANBROOK WEST EXPANSION". www.broadclyst.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "New Cranbrook railway station set to open this year". Express and Echo. Exeter. 29 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "Exeter, Bristol and Salisbury to London Waterloo timetable" (PDF). South West Trains. December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "Cranbrook station faces delays". Express and Echo. Exeter. 16 March 2015. Archived from the original on 26 March 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "Cranbrook's new railway station is set to open in October". Express and Echo. Exeter. 11 August 2015. Archived from the original on 12 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "Cranbrook (Devon) (CBK)". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  15. ↑ "Three years on: Date revealed for opening of Cranbrook's long-awaited train station". Express and Echo. Exeter. 15 November 2015. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  16. ↑ "Cranbrook train station opens today". Express & Echo. Exeter. 13 December 2015. Archived from the original on 14 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  17. ↑ "Cranbrook eco-town: New £5m station opens". BBC News. 13 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  18. ↑ "Timetable Planning Rules - Wessex" (PDF). Network Rail. 6 February 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  19. 1 2 "Plans submitted for Cranbrook railway station" (Press release). Devon County Council.{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  20. ↑ "Cranbrook (Devon) Train Station | South Western Railway". Southwestern Railway. Archived from the original on 12 September 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  21. ↑ Table 160 National Rail timetable, May 2022
  22. ↑ "Train times: Exeter to Barnstaple and Okehampton" (PDF). Great Western Railway. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
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