It was formerly linked to the Bristol and Exeter Railway by a rail track which crossed the A38 road.

In 1848 they made the Fairfield steam carriage that they sold to the Bristol & Exeter Railway, who used it for two years on a branch line.

Bristol and Exeter Railway opened 1844.

The station was opened on 19 July 1860 when the LSWR opened its Yeovil and Exeter Railway.

The wharf was formerly linked to the Bristol and Exeter Railway by a rail track which crossed the A38, on the right hand side of the hotel.

The Bristol & Exeter Railway was a considerable financial success and between 1844 and 1874, paying an average annual dividend of 4.5 per cent.

Next door is a small cafe and beyond that is the signal box which dates from 1875, the only Bristol and Exeter Railway one still in use.

Twenty examples of a similar design were built for the Bristol and Exeter Railway after 1849, by Stothert and Slaughter in Bristol.

After trials in 1948, it was sold to the Bristol & Exeter Railway and ran for two years on the Tiverton branch.

The Bristol & Exeter Railway, a broad gauge company, had reached Exeter 16 years previously.