The West of England line (also known as the West of England Main Line) is a British railway line from Basingstoke, Hampshire, to Exeter St David's in Devon, England. Passenger services run between London Waterloo station and Exeter; the line intersects with the Wessex Main Line at Salisbury. Despite its historic title, it is not today's principal route from London to the West of England: Exeter and everywhere further west are reached more quickly from London Paddington via the Reading–Taunton line.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_of_England_line
Route in Devon: Exeter St Davids, Exeter Central, Pinhoe, Cranbrook, Whimple, Feniton, Honiton, Axminster, Salisbury, London Waterloo
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Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership The East Devon Line is the newest addition to the lines on which we work.
It links Axminster, Honiton, Feniton, Whimple, Cranbrook and Pinhoe to Exeter Central and St Davids. South Western Railway operates the train services and manages the stations.
Most of the trains are through West of England Line services to and from Yeovil Junction, Salisbury and London Waterloo and these run hourly through much of the day, seven days a week.
Cranbrook is Devon’s newest station. The £5 million station to serve the rapidly expanding new town opened on 13 December 2015. Cranbrook already has around 1,700 households, a figure set to rise to 8,000 in the next fifteen years.
The Office of Road and Rail estimate that there were 90,458 users of Cranbrook station during the April 2016 to March 2017 financial year.
https://dcrp.org.uk/lines/east-devon-line/
Great Scenic Railways The East Devon Line passes through the beautiful Devon countryside as it heads out from Exeter through Cranbrook and Honiton to Axminster. It then continues as the West of England Line onwards to Salisbury and London Waterloo.
Honiton is a traditional market town, full of specialist antiques shops and famous for its lace-making. Axminster is an unspoilt market town internationally renowned for its carpets.
https://greatscenicrailways.co.uk/lines/east-devon-line/
Network Rail The Wessex route covers the major commuter area of south-west London as well as from London Waterloo to the south and south-west of England
This route is one of the busiest on the rail network, taking in all or part of the counties of Surrey, Berkshire, Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire.
Peak-time capacity is Wessex’s main challenge, specifically with on-train crowding for passengers to and from London. Passenger numbers on the route have more than doubled in the last 20 years, with over half a million people using it every day. There are more than 230 million passenger journeys on Wessex route each year, including nearly 100 million to or from London Waterloo.
The Wessex route also supports high levels of passenger traffic to and from many other important regional centres, such as Bournemouth, Southampton, Portsmouth, Guildford and Basingstoke.
https://www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/our-routes/wessex/