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Location notes
A small two platform station and road over bridge located close to Exeter City Centre, Exeter City FC's stadium is close by.
Railway type and traffic
Located on the West of England Mainline from London Waterloo to Exeter, with branchline services to and from Exmouth and Barnstaple, expect to see First Great Western DMU's of Classes 143, 150, 153 and a once daily 158, and South West Trains Class 159's (with occasional 158's).
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Environment
St James' Park station is rather run down, with lots of litter and graffiti, and due to this is not somewhere I'd recommend lingering after dark, having said that, the area seems safe enough, the road over bridge isn't busy, but is quite narrow.
The station and surrounding area are particularly busy on Exeter City FC matchdays.
The station and surrounding area are particularly busy on Exeter City FC matchdays.
Road directions
From the M5, Junction 29:
Follow the A3015 into, and through, Exeter City Centre. You will pass over Exeter Central Station. When you do this at the end of the bridge there is a mini roundabout. Turn right over the zebra crossing and up Blackhall Road. At the t junction with Pennsylvania Road turn left and then, about 100 yards later after the Co-Op on the left, turn right onto Powderham Crescent. This no through road leads to the station.
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St. James' Park, Exeter map co-ordinates
Follow the A3015 into, and through, Exeter City Centre. You will pass over Exeter Central Station. When you do this at the end of the bridge there is a mini roundabout. Turn right over the zebra crossing and up Blackhall Road. At the t junction with Pennsylvania Road turn left and then, about 100 yards later after the Co-Op on the left, turn right onto Powderham Crescent. This no through road leads to the station.
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St. James' Park, Exeter map co-ordinates
Parking
As above, there is no parking at or around the station.
Public transport
Frequent local train services on the Exmouth-Exeter-Barnstaple/Paignton corridors, lots of buses serve nearby Old Tiverton Road.
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Amenities
Nothing in the close vicinity of the station, but Exeter City Centre has most imaginable amenities.
Accommodation
Lots of accommodation in the Exeter area, including a Premier Inn and the Great Western Hotel right outside the city's main station, St Davids.
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St. James' Park, Exeter
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St. James' Park, Exeter
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Photographic notes
The line runs roughly east-to-west, both sides of the bridge provide a decent viewpoint, eastwards looking towards Blackboy Tunnel (in my opinion, the 'prime shot'), and westwards looks towards the station itself.
For videos, passengers may get in the way on the station, as it's rather small, and traffic noise may be an issue on the overbridge for prolonged sessions.
For videos, passengers may get in the way on the station, as it's rather small, and traffic noise may be an issue on the overbridge for prolonged sessions.
General views - All photographs © Tim Squires unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking east
Fig 2 - Looking west
Fig 3 - Looking east
Location Video
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This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
