Marsh Barton railway station

Marsh Barton railway station is in the Marsh Barton area of Exeter, Devon England. It also provides access to the Riverside Valley Park alongside the River Exe. It opened on 4 July 2023 and is on the Riviera Line between Exeter St Thomas and Starcross stations, 2 mi from Exeter St Davids.

History
Marsh Barton had been identified as a strategic employment area in local planning policy and a new station would support employment development. Plans for the station were developed by Network Rail and Devon County Council as part of the 'Devon Metro' proposal.

Work was planned to start on the station in early 2017 and Devon County Council hoped that it would be open in December 2017, Devon County Council said in April 2020 that a decision had been made to prioritise this station over a possible reopening of Exminster railway station. Construction work began at Marsh Barton in April 2021 with the station then expected to be open by the end of 2022. The station was expected to cost £16million.

The station was opened by Mark Harper, the Secretary of State for Transport on Monday, 3 July 2023 and public services started the next day.

Description
Marsh Barton station is at milepost 196 mi (measured from London Paddington station on the original route via Bristol) and 2 mi from Exeter St Davids. It is situated off Clapperbrook Lane East, adjacent to an energy from waste (EfW) plant.

There are two 124 m platforms. Platform 1 is on the east side of the line for trains towards Paignton and platform 2 is on the west side for trains towards Exeter. Facilities include waiting shelters, ticket machines and cycle parking.

Services
All services at Marsh Barton are operated by Great Western Railway. The general service is one train each hour in each direction between Paignton and Exmouth via Exeter St Davids with additional services during the peak hours.