On the opposite side of the line was the pumping house for the atmospheric railway system that powered the trains for a short while.

The goods facilities were moved onto the Moretonhampstead branch line on 12 June 1911, and some sidings were laid at Hackney on 17 December 1911 to replace those near the engine shed.

The station, built to the designs of the Chief Architect of the Great Western Railway, Percy Emerson Culverhouse, now faced the town along Queen Street rather than the old wooden goods shed.

[3][9] An old broad gauge 0-4-0 locomotive, Tiny, was put on display on the station platform to provide a link with the past.

Goods trains were cut back to Bovey railway station from 6 April 1964 and from 6 July 1970 were run no further than Heathfield.

[14] The main entrance is on the west side of the station (at the top of the diagram, right), facing Courtenay Park and Queen Street which leads into the town centre.

This involves a couple of steps up to the platform, but a step-free route leads from the taxi rank on the south side of the building.

Long-distance services are generally switched to the main line south of the station so use the same platform as trains from Plymouth, while local trains to Exeter and Exmouth tend to run the "wrong way" through the same platform that they use when running to Paignton, and then join the main line north of the station.

These are split into two portions, one being left here while the Freightliner locomotive takes the first section forward before returning later in the day for the remaining wagons.

[citation needed] Located at 50°31′48″N 3°35′52″W / 50.5301°N 3.5979°W / 50.5301; -3.5979 (Old workshops) The first engine shed was established to the north end of the station, opposite Tucker's Maltings.

A workshop for the locomotive contractors was also established opposite the station and this was expanded over the years to include facilities for maintaining the railway's carriages and wagons.

It has since been moved to the railway museum at Buckfastleigh and is the only original British 7 ft (2,134 mm) broad gauge locomotive that survives.

Locomotives could be put into the factory roads by means of a traversing table at the east (Exeter and London) end.

The last British Rail steam engine to be overhauled in the workshops was ex-GWR 4500 Class number 4566, outshopped on 15 July 1966.

[16] To the west, the site also had a six-road carriage and wagon works, suitable for maintenance and repair of all types of rolling stock.

A daily servicing and fuelling point was built beside the old steam shed and it was this that provided the main facility after the factory closed in 1970.

The diesel repair sheds were closed in 1970, although a locomotive and coach servicing/fuel facility remained until 1981, when servicing was transferred to Laira Traction Maintenance Depot where the new High Speed Trains were maintained.

Two of the works' buildings survived into the 21st century; however, one caught fire on 29 October 2018 and the sheds were due to be demolished in early November.

In 1914, along with the rebuilding of the station, it was proposed to install a flying junction at Aller to speed up the passage of trains coming off the branch.

Trains can now run to and from the branch on a single line connection with their own platform or cross over to the Plymouth–Exeter tracks on either side of the station, as may be convenient.

The main line service to London Paddington station is operated by Great Western Railway (GWR) and runs at least hourly for much of the day, along with half-hourly local trains to Exeter and Exmouth.

[18] CrossCountry operate trains between Plymouth/Penzance and Bristol Temple Meads, Birmingham New Street, the North of England and Scotland.