Sampford Courtenay railway station

Sampford Courtenay
National Rail
The station in 2016
General information
LocationSampford Courtenay, West Devon
England
Grid referenceSX626985
Managed byDartmoor Railway
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeSMC
Key dates
1867Opened
5 June 1972Closed to passengers by British Rail
2002Re-opened by the Dartmoor Railway
2008Dartmoor Railway services temporarily withdrawn, County Summer Sunday service retained
2009Dartmoor Railway services reintroduced alongside County Summer Sunday service
8 September 2019Last train ran (Dartmoor Railway)
March 2021Indefinite closure announced[1]
Passengers
2016/17Increase 144
2017/18Increase 188
2018/19Decrease 186
2019/20Increase 240
2020/21Decrease 0
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Sampford Courtenay railway station is a disused railway station at Belstone Corner, which used to serve the nearby (1.6 miles) village of Sampford Courtenay in Devon. The village lies 3 minutes away by car or around 30 minutes by foot via the B3215. In 2018–19 it was the least used station in Devon and in the South West and the tenth least used station in Great Britain.[2] In 2020-21 it was the joint least used station in Great Britain with zero passengers.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Dartmoor was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Office of Rail and Road statistics".