St James Park railway station name of the Exeter City F.C. football ground, which is next to the station. The club has adopted the station under the community railways scheme and contributes to its upkeep. Although there are two platforms, the northernmost platform (Platform 2 - toward Exmouth) is very short (about 37m) and can only be served by a one or two (20m) coach train. Other train formations such as a Class 158 must use selective door opening or single door opening. The Exeter-bound platform (Platform 1) is about 73m in length. Most trains that call at St James Park are Avocet Line services
St James' Park spelt with "James<nowiki>'</nowiki>" featuring one "s" and an apostrophe mark, as seen on the signage of the St James' Park steps outside the entrance to the stadium, and signage inside the adjacent Metro station. The use of an apostrophe is in contrast with the name of the Metro station itself, which is signed as "St James" Metro station, and with the street signs of the nearby "St James" Street and "St James" Terrace. Further, the use of one "s" and an apostrophe mark differs from the common convention of adding a second "s" to monosyllabic possessives ending in s, as