Portsmouth Arms railway station

Portsmouth Arms
National Rail
General information
LocationBurrington, North Devon
England
Coordinates50°57′25″N 3°57′03″W / 50.95697°N 3.95086°W / 50.95697; -3.95086
Grid referenceSS630193
Managed byGreat Western Railway
Platforms1
Other information
Station codePMA
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Original companyNorth Devon Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and South Western Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Key dates
Opened1855
Passengers
2018/19Increase 466
2019/20Increase 502
2020/21Decrease 146
2021/22Increase 768
2022/23Increase 798
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Portsmouth Arms railway station is a small wayside station in Devon. It is in the parish of Burrington but remote from any village so is named after the nearby 'Portsmouth Arms' pub. It is on the Tarka Line to Barnstaple, 29 miles 8 chains (46.8 km) from Exeter Central at milepost 200.5 from London Waterloo.[1]

  1. ^ Jacobs, Gerald (2005). Railway Track Diagrams Book 3: Western. Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. p. 10. ISBN 0-9549866-1-X.