Axminster
| Some 42 years after the line was singled a new loop was opened during December 2009 with Axminster station in the middle of it. This allowed the service frequency to be upgraded from a maximum of two-hourly to an hourly one. The former Down platform to the east of the road over-bridge has been closed-off to passengers for some years now, yet has been given a set of nice new (?) lamp-posts! The new loop (initially controlled from a replacement panel in Chard Jcn box ) is signalled for bi-directional running on both lines and in normal service 'right-hand running' applies, i.e. Down trains use the new platform and Up trains the old Down platform. |
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An overview of the station, taken from the road bridge. The new loop and platform are on the right.
photograph by Chris Osment |
| The new footbridge for gaining access to the loop platform. The stairways lead down in different
directions!
photograph by Chris Osment |
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The view looking down at the new platform from the footbridge.
photograph by Chris Osment |
| The view from the footbridge looking back towards the station buildings with the disused section of
platform beyond the bridge. However, this has been given new platform lighting.
photograph by Chris Osment |
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The view through the station from the country end of the loop platform....
photograph by Chris Osment |
| ....and from the London end.
photograph by Chris Osment |
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The station building, once covered in horrible grey paint, has now been fully restored to its brick
finish. The front of the building having had this treatment several years before.
photograph by Chris Osment |
| The Dorset coast is part of the "Jurassic Coast" World Heritage Site, something
travellers are reminded of on the station name boards. Pity there is no longer a train to change to that would
deliver one to the coast.
photograph by Chris Osment |
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