It lay on Bideford Quay where the company offices were situated.

The station lay on Bideford Quay and had a siding[4] and after considerable opposition from the town council a run round loop.

[5] Situated on a public road the rails were not set on standard railway sleepers, running instead on sunken longitudinal timbers.

[6] The station had freight facilities consisting of a single siding and a parcels service.

In January 1901, the first train, with one carriage, ran from Bideford to Northam carrying a few friends of the Directors.