Talk:Exeter St Davids railway station

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"Codswallop"[edit]

What a load of "codswallop" - if you want to bang on about trainspotting and self gratification then why don't you set up another website? This website offers very little in the way of traveller information, station or regional facilities - in short it's a very poor website. Not even a mention of the station being a link to Exeter International Airport!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.240.75.244 (talk • contribs) 11:34, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Other stations[edit]

FWIW, I think the other six stations in Exeter are:

Exeter Central railway station
St James Park
Pinhoe railway station
Polsloe Bridge
Digby & Sowton
Exeter St Thomas

--bjh21 11:55, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Uniqueness[edit]

St David's is unique in that it is the only station in the country where trains depart from either end to reach London [...]

No, it isn't: other examples include:

(all in Kent: trains head to Charing Cross in one direction and Victoria in the other);

Fareham

(in Hampshire: trains to Waterloo head west, trains to Victoria head east);

Edinburgh Waverley

(all GNER services to Kings Cross leave from the east, but the sleeper service to Euston heads west);

Leeds

(most GNER services leave via the west end, but some head east so to by-pass Wakefield).

There are also the stations on the South London Line, which runs between Victoria and London Bridge.

So Exeter St Davids is anything but unique in this regard! --RFBailey 09:14, 24 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone know where it is? It isn't here: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Exeter+saint+davids&sll=50.783365,-3.707542&sspn=0.05329,0.173035&ie=UTF8&latlng=50705290,-3528687,10168165232564717658 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jago25_98 (talk • contribs)

Here: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&f=q&q=Isambard+Parade+exeter&btnG=Search+Maps --h2g2bob 23:05, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Images[edit]

I've uploaded another image Image:Exeterstdavidsstation.jpg if it should be of any use. Gordonofcartoon 15:28, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Popular Culture[edit]

No reference to the appearance of the station in the opening sequence of The French Lieutenant's Woman (film)? --Fremsley (talk) 13:01, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

St David's or St Davids[edit]

Maybe one of those you say tomato, I say tomahto discussions, but even official organisations differ on whether to include or exclude the apostrophe. National Rail includes it, while station owner Network Rail, leaseholder Great Western Railway and the Highways Agency don’t.

Through multiple rebrandings, the platform signs in the 1970s, 1994, 2009 and 2017 have consistently excluded it. Likewise the station entrance also exludes.

So if we apply the 'what does it say on the tin test?" then appears to be with the apostrophe excluded. For this reason should the article be renamed and the text reflect? 194.168.147.165 (talk) 10:37, 9 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Colin G. Maggs in

Maggs, Colin G. (1985). Rail Centres: Exeter. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1564-3.

uses an apostrophe throughout, although some of the photos do not show one. National Rail has an apostrophe; so does Butt. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 12:58, 9 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Looking though various sources, both online and printed, doesn't appear to be an overwhelming case for one over the other, seemingly being based on each writer's interpretation. While the 'official' National Rail does use the apostrophe, wouldn't consider this to be the be all and end all. That the signs at the station (for the last 40 years at least) have not included the apostrophe, am inclined to go with this reflecting how those on the ground interpret. While there have been cases of station signs being incorrectly spelt, these are usually corrected either immediately or during the next makeover. In this era with local historical and progress groups being active, representations would have probably been made by now to have it corrected, yet the most recent makeover of the signage earlier this year has seen the status quo remain. 11Expo (talk) 12:24, 15 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Clearly the apostrophe is grammatically correct, but in all the years I've known this station (both in a professional capacity and as an enthusiast) I can't recall seeing it used on signage and seldom in official documentation. Geof Sheppard (talk) 12:49, 19 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]