Uffculme railway station

Uffculme railway station was the station closest to the centre of the Culm Valley Light Railway in Devon and as such contained the passing loop.

The line ran approximately 9 miles from the Bristol to Penzance main line at Tiverton Junction to Hemyock on the Somerset border.

[1] Uffculme station had a single platform with a loop, and a goods yard was opposite the passenger platform with had two sidings accessed from the loop.

[2] The Great Western Railway bought the line in April 1880 and opened it to freight after it became clear that it was unlikely to ever run profitably as a passenger line.

[2] The line was planned for closure when the Beeching Report of 1963 was issued.