{"id":4067,"date":"2022-12-26T12:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T12:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/?p=4067"},"modified":"2026-01-05T11:51:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T11:51:29","slug":"junctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/junctions\/","title":{"rendered":"76 E.R. Junctions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Boxing Day, thirty years ago, an inspection of the rump of the Teign Valley branch was made while there were no trains running.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Teign Valley Branch junction is often referred to as City Basin, when it is properly Exeter Railway. What it would have been had the E.R. kept its original Exeter, Teign Valley & Chagford title is not known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The misnomer can be understood because the box which controlled both junctions, City Basin Junction, was closer to the Teign Valley line; it had to be so that the signalman could put out and retrieve electric train staffs. In 1962, a new cedar-clad box, Exeter City Basin, was built in the fork of Exeter Railway Junction. After City Basin Branch closed, the box was left with one junction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

N.B. <\/strong>Trespassing on the railway is a criminal offence. No one should enter railway property without permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n