Pilton station was served by regular passenger services advertised between 1898 and 1904[1] after which only goods facilities were provided.
[2] Passengers were catered for at the nearby LSWR station, Barnstaple Town, which provided connections with trains on the standard gauge branch line to Ilfracombe.
The turntable was used to turn rolling stock periodically to even-out bearing wear.
After closure, the turntable was installed at the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway in Kent, but is now owned by the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Trust and in storage for eventual restoration and reuse on the new L&B.
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