St James Park railway station St James Park railway station St James Park railway station is a suburban railway station in Exeter, Devon, England. It is down the line from . The station is adjacent to the Exeter City football ground. Great Western Railway manage the station and operate the train services. A small station named Lion's Holt Halt was opened in the cutting west of Blackboy Tunnel on 26 January 1906. was opened at the same time to the east of the tunnel but was closed in 1928. The name of Lion's Holt was changed to "St James Park" on 7 October 1946, the
St James railway station, Sydney Circle loop did not occur until 30 years after St James station opened. Construction of the western city line as far as Wynyard was completed in 1932, but completion of the line connecting Wynyard and St James via Circular Quay, begun in 1936, proved problematic. Construction was halted during World War II and was intermittent after it resumed in 1945 due to inconsistent funding. The above-ground viaduct and Circular Quay railway station were finally completed in 1956, allowing trains to make a single circuit through the city and return to the suburbs without having to terminate. As a result of