Longdown is in the parish of Holcombe Burnell, south of the A30 road, about four miles west of Exeter.
A looped siding which was used almost entirely for coal and timber for the Culver Estate until November 1956.
Between 19 September 1943 and July 1954 a 1100 ft running loop was present, built to allow trains to pass when the main line from Newton Abbot to Exeter was blocked.
[2] Passenger numbers reached their peak in the 1930s with seven daily services provided each way between Exeter and Heathfield.
The Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) put together a feasibility study.