General information | |||||
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Location | Down St Mary, Mid Devon England | ||||
Coordinates | 50°49′55″N 3°46′34″W / 50.832°N 3.776°W | ||||
Grid reference | SS750051 | ||||
Managed by | Great Western Railway | ||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | MRD | ||||
Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | North Devon Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | Southern Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
Opened | 1854 | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 12,378 | ||||
2019/20 | 14,642 | ||||
2020/21 | 7,194 | ||||
2021/22 | 16,274 | ||||
2022/23 | 17,114 | ||||
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Morchard Road railway station is located in the village of Down St Mary in Devon, England. It is named after the village of Morchard Bishop which lies a few miles to the north-east.[1] It is on the Tarka Line to Barnstaple, 16 miles 08 chains (25.9 km) from Exeter Central at milepost 187.5 from London Waterloo.[2] The station and trains are operated by Great Western Railway.