West Exe Halt railway station
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West Exe Halt was a small railway station in Devon
Devon
Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...

 on the Exe Valley Railway from Exeter St Davids
Exeter St Davids railway station
Exeter St Davids station is the most important of seven National Rail stations in the city of Exeter in southwest England. Today the station is owned by Network Rail and operated by First Great Western.-History:...

 to Dulverton
Dulverton railway station
Dulverton railway station was the largest intermediate station on the Devon and Somerset Railway, which ran from Taunton to Barnstaple. The station served the town of Dulverton and from 1884 acted also as the junction station for the Exe Valley Railway, which ran through Bampton, Devon and Tiverton...

. It opened in 1928 on the section from Stoke Canon to Tiverton
Tiverton railway station
Tiverton railway station served the town of Tiverton, Devon, England. It opened in 1848 as the terminus station of a broad gauge branch line from the Bristol and Exeter Railway main line: the main line junction station four miles away had originally been called Tiverton Road but was renamed as ...

 as a suburban station in Tiverton and also served the large Heathcoat's mill.

West Exe was designated as a halt and unstaffed, though at busy times a porter was sometimes sent from Tiverton to collect and sell tickets.

West Exe closed with the rest of the Exe Valley line on 7 October 1963. There were no goods facilities at West Exe.
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