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Exeter St Davids
All photographs of this location in date order.
![Exeter St Davids north end level crossing and keeper.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/7000/7312.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![Central Trains service waits at Exeter St Davids.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //]](/images/12000/12070.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![A BR InterCity 125 HST leaving Exeter St Davids for London Paddington in the 1980s.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //]](/images/43000/43419.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![An InterCity 125 HST fire at Exeter - in the 1990s. [Ref query 10048]<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //]](/images/56000/56969.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![Ex-GWR Hall class 4-6-0 no 4993 <I>Dalton Hall</I> waits with a train at Exeter St Davids in August 1961.<br><br>[K A Gray 17/08/1961]](/images/35000/35816.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![Rebuilt Bulleid 'West Country' Pacific no 34036 <I>Westward Ho!</I> with an up express waiting to leave Exeter St Davids on 5 October 1961.<br><br>[K A Gray 05/10/1961]](/images/41000/41013.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![The <I>Western China Clay Railtour</I> at Exeter St Davids on 4 September 1976 behind D1023 <I>Western Fusilier</I>. <br><br>[Ian Dinmore 04/09/1976]](/images/18000/18619.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![A pair of Class 52 <I>'Western'</I> diesel-hydraulic locomotives double heading a train at Exeter St Davids in 1977.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //1977]](/images/37000/37424.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![The 20.10 stopping train to Basingstoke about to leave Exeter St Davids on a November evening in 1983.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 13/11/1983]](/images/34000/34787.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![View of Exeter Riverside yard in 1984.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //1984]](/images/43000/43286.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![A class 50 brings a London bound service from Paignton past Exeter Riverside box on the approach to Exeter St Davids station in the summer of 1984.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //1984]](/images/43000/43872.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![Main platforms at Exeter St Davids in 1985.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //1985]](/images/13000/13039.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![A 'Peak' rumbles over the bridge on the approach to Exeter St Davids station, coming out of the sun with a Paignton - Leeds train in the summer of 1985.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //1985]](/images/35000/35234.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![50023 <I>'Howe'</I> brings a train into Exeter St Davids in 1985.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //1985]](/images/35000/35262.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![North end of Exeter St Davids station in March 1985.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /03/1985]](/images/43000/43701.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![The 07.10 DMU from Barnstaple arrives at Exeter St Davids on 9 May 1985 complete with attached GUV.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 09/05/1985]](/images/35000/35757.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![The single car diesel unit for Barnstaple waits at Exeter St Davids in May 1985. Note the BRUTEs and mail bags on the platform alongside.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 15/05/1985]](/images/36000/36865.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![The PW team seems to be looking on a little pensively (as do one or two of the passengers) as 50003 <I>Temeraire</I> slowly rumbles over new track and pointwork into Exter St Davids station in 1986 with a Paddington bound train.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //1986]](/images/44000/44652.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![50046 <I>Ajax</I> preparing to leave Exeter St David's with a Waterloo train in the summer of 1987.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //1987]](/images/43000/43384.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![Network SouthEast liveried 50024 <I>Vanguard</I> looks in a bit of a state at Exeter St Davids in 1991 having recently come off a train from Waterloo.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //1991]](/images/38000/38386.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![Class 50 no 50002 <I>Superb</I> at Exeter St Davids on 20 January 1991 in Network SouthEast livery.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 20/01/1991]](/images/37000/37366.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![The West of England TPO at Exeter St Davids on the evening of 28 May 2002, with EWS 67015 in charge. <br><br>[Ian Dinmore 28/05/2002]](/images/62000/62427.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![47767 brings a westbound train into Exeter St Davids platform 4 in May 2002.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 31/05/2002]](/images/60000/60620.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![47847 calls at Exeter St Davids platform 5 on 31 May 2002 with the 0941 Plymouth - Edinburgh. The locomotive is carrying dual nameplates - on this side <I>'Brian Morrison'</I> with <I>'Railway World Magazine'</I> on the other. In 2017 this loco is still main line registered, with the Rail Operations Group. <br><br>[Ian Dinmore 31/05/2002]](/images/62000/62020.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![47847 at Exeter St Davids on 31 May 2002 with the 0941 Plymouth - Edinburgh Virgin CrossCountry service.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 31/05/2002]](/images/63000/63218.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![Platform view north at Exeter St Davids on a fine May morning in 2002 as the First Great Western 0647 ex-Penzance HST prepares to continue on its journey to London Paddington. <br><br>[Ian Dinmore 31/05/2002]](/images/63000/63251.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![The Virgin CrossCountry 0941 Plymouth - Edinburgh calls at Exeter St Davids on 31 May 2002 behind 47847.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 31/05/2002]](/images/63000/63515.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![Unit 153305 in Wessex regional livery preparing to leave Exter St Davids on 4 June 2002 with a service to Exmouth.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 04/06/2002]](/images/53000/53244.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![A Virgin CrossCountry service bound for Bristol, recently arrived at Exeter St Davids platform 5 on 4 June 2002. Locomotive in charge is 47741 <I>Resilient</I>. <br><br>[Ian Dinmore 04/06/2002]](/images/60000/60853.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![47741 <I>Resilient</I> standing alongside platform 5 at Exeter St Davids on 4 June 2002 with a Virgin CrossCountry service, while in the background a westbound Voyager is running into platform 4. <br><br>[Ian Dinmore 04/06/2002]](/images/63000/63477.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![153373 in <I>Heart of Wessex</I> livery boarding at Exeter St Davids in June 2002. [See image 61958]<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 05/06/2002]](/images/63000/63057.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![A terminating Virgin Cross Country service from Manchester Piccadilly runs into platform 4 at Exeter St Davids during the afternoon of 6 June 2002.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 06/06/2002]](/images/59000/59952.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![Night scene at Exeter St Davids, looking north towards Taunton on 28 June 2002. EWS 67015 is awaiting the right away from platform 1 with the West of England TPO. [Ref query 1656]<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 28/06/2002]](/images/60000/60091.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![Looking north along platform 6 on the west side of Exeter St Davids station on on the morning of 30 June 2002. DMU 150267 is stabled alongside awaiting its next duty. <br><br>[Ian Dinmore 30/06/2002]](/images/61000/61579.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![153373 in <I>Heart of Wessex</I> livery stands in the sidings alongside Exeter St Davids in June 2002. <br><br>[Ian Dinmore 30/06/2002]](/images/61000/61958.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![Running approximately an hour late D1015 <I>Western Champion</I> leads 6024 <I>King Edward I</I> into Exeter with the 'Steam Dreams' <I> Cornish Riviera Express</I> special. The train then reversed into Riverside Yard where D1015 came off and 5029 <I>Nunney Castle</I> joined 6024 for the run to Cornwall.<br>
<br><br>[Mark Poustie 26/06/2010]](/images/29000/29558.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![6024 <I>King Edward I</I> stands at the platform at Exeter St Davids on 26 June with the 'Steam Dreams' <I>Cornish Riviera Express</I>. Sadly 6024 did not lead the train into Exeter but was piloted by D1015 <I>Western Champion</I>.<br>
<br><br>[Mark Poustie 26/06/2010]](/images/29000/29562.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![The Network Rail Measurement Train takes shelter at Exeter St Davids on 17 December 2010.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 17/12/2010]](/images/32000/32375.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![A defective 143617 heads out of Exeter TMD onto the up line to move across the depot site on 13 September, while 153305 waits at platform 6a to form the 16.25 to Plymouth. 143617 subsequently failed and blocked the up line for some 20 minutes, due to a brake release fault, and delayed 153305's departure before it could be got back onto the depot. <br><br>[David Pesterfield 13/09/2012]](/images/40000/40485.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![A small piece of infrastructure, but nonetheless important. A water cart, used for topping up HST coolant, stands on the platform at Exeter St Davids in February 2013.<br><br>[Ken Strachan 10/02/2013]](/images/42000/42179.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![An HST heading for Penzance, seen at Exeter; where in the 1950's, passenger expresses passed through every 2 to 3 minutes at peak times.<br>
Notice how the cloud has obligingly 'framed' the cab.<br><br>[Ken Strachan 10/02/2013]](/images/42000/42185.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![CrossCountry Voyager 221131 stables in Platform 6 at Exeter St Davids after arriving on 4 June with the 12.07 ex Manchester Piccadilly. Forward of the unit looks like a prospective Britain in Bloom garden being nurtured at the northern end of the platform. <br><br>[David Pesterfield 04/06/2014]](/images/47000/47629.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![The crosscountry logo and the repositioned unit number, following fitting of new design front end valances, on a Voyager at Exeter St David station on 4 June 2014.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 04/06/2014]](/images/47000/47636.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
![FGW Pacer 143611 approaches Exeter St Davids from Paignton and crosses over to Platform 1. From here the unit will reverse and take the left hand tracks up the steep incline to Exeter Central before continuing down the branch to Exmouth. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 29/07/2015]](/images/53000/53128.jpg "Exeter St Davids")
