Morebath railway station was on the Devon and Somerset Railway

Devon and Somerset Railway

The Devon and Somerset Railway was a branch line from near in Somerset to in North Devon. It was operated from the outset by the Bristol and Exeter Railway which became part of the Great Western Railway on 1 January 1876.-History:...

 line between Taunton

Taunton

Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England. The town, including its suburbs, had an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001. It is the largest town in the shire county of Somerset....

 and Barnstaple

Barnstaple

Barnstaple is a town and civil parish in the local government district of North Devon in the county of Devon, England, UK. It lies west southwest of Bristol, north of Plymouth and northwest of the county town of Exeter. The old spelling Barnstable is now obsolete.It is the main town of the...

. The station opened when the line was extended westwards from Wiveliscombe

Wiveliscombe railway station

Wiveliscombe railway station served the town of Wiveliscombe in Somerset. It was on the Devon and Somerset Railway that ran between Taunton and Barnstaple...

 in 1873.

Morebath station was two miles east of the village of Morebath

Morebath

Morebath is an upland village in the county of Devon, mostly given over to sheep-farming, and situated on the southern edge of Exmoor.An account of life in Morebath in the sixteenth century can be read in The Voices of Morebath: Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village by Eamon Duffy...

 and three miles north-east of Bampton

Bampton, Devon

Bampton is a small town in Devon, England close to the south-eastern corner of Exmoor and on the River Batherm, a tributary of the River Exe. It is about 10 km north of Tiverton.-History:...

. It was for a time called "Morebath and Bampton" but in 1884 Bampton's own station

Bampton (Devon) railway station

Bampton railway station was on the Exe Valley Railway line between and , and served the small town of Bampton in Devon, South West England. The station opened on 1 August 1884. At that time, the railway was known as the Tiverton and North Devon Railway, but with the opening of the Exe Valley line...

 opened on the Tiverton and North Devon Railway, which the next year became part of the Exe Valley Railway with through services between Dulverton

Dulverton railway station

Dulverton railway station was the largest intermediate station on the Devon and Somerset Railway, which ran from Taunton to Barnstaple. The station served the town of Dulverton and from 1884 acted also as the junction station for the Exe Valley Railway, which ran through Bampton, Devon and Tiverton...

 and Exeter

Exeter St Davids railway station

Exeter St Davids station is the most important of seven National Rail stations in the city of Exeter in southwest England. Today the station is owned by Network Rail and operated by First Great Western.-History:...

.

Morebath station was east of the junction of the Devon and Somerset and the Exe Valley lines; in 1928, a small halt station, Morebath Junction

Morebath Junction railway station

Morebath Junction Halt was a railway halt at the junction of the Devon and Somerset Railway and Exe Valley Railway in Devon, South West England.-Junction:...

, was opened at the junction and served by trains on both lines. Morebath Junction was much nearer to Morebath village, but had no road or footpath access.

Morebath station had a loop line on the mostly single track railway. This was taken out in 1963 and the line as a whole closed to passenger services in 1966. The buildings survive in residential use.

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