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
Dumpton Park railway station began to lobby the Southern Railway to reopen the line through the tunnel, with a new junction station between Dumpton Park and Broadstairs. The Southern Railway rejected the proposal as too costly and impractical. Ramsgate Olympia and the Southern Railway were keen to make the attractions near the harbour accessible from the railway main line, and to provide a service from the seafront to the greyhound stadium at Dumpton Park. The two companies eventually agreed on a scheme under which a new narrow-gauge line, dubbed the Tunnel Railway, would use the of the tunnel nearest the beach, before branching off