Marsh Barton Station – 4th July 2023
The main purpose of my trip to Devon was to visit the new Marsh Barton station, on the Riviera Line.
These are my thoughts about the station.
The Overall Design
This Google map shows Marsh Barton station under construction.
The station is built on a narrow lane by an industrial estate, which features a large waste-to-energy facility, which is in the South-West corner of the map.
The station is a basic two platform design with everything you need on the platforms and a gently sloping bridge over the top to give full step-free access.
I’ve never been to a station, which uses this form of step-free access, either in the UK or Europe.
I think it works because of the unusual site.
Car Parking
The station’s page on the GWR web site, says this about parking.
The station only has disabled parking bays for blue badge holders in order to encourage more sustainable transport use to and from the station.
Staff
The station is unstaffed.
Refreshments
When I arrived, I was hungry and needed a drink, so I asked a guy with a dog, if there was a cafe or pub nearby.
He said, the cafe shut the day before, but there was a pub called Double Locks about three or four minutes away on the canal.
These pictures show the walk.
And this map shows the location of the pub and the station.
Are country minutes like country miles and a lot longer than those everybody else uses?
In the end, as I was getting soaked, I made a retreat back to the station.
Service Frequency
Currently, the trains are only hourly. Is that enough?
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