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The London and South Western Railway opened 'Colyton for Seaton' station on 19 July 1860. Architecture was standardised on a Gothic design produced by Sir William Tite. Whilst based on the same fundamental design, variation always existed between the station buildings. Extending from the building’s southern façade was an attractive flat-roofed canopy, 60-feet in length, supported upon four cast-iron stanchions. When the Seaton & Beer Railway opened in March 1868 the name was changed to 'Colyton Junction' and then 'Seaton Junction' on 18 July 1869. Starting in 1927 the station was substantially redesigned by Southern Railway with changes to platforms and canopies. Around this time on the up platform emerged the buildings of Express Dairies, which opened a milk processing plant beside the station, partly visible on the right of the photo. From 1955 the Southern Region started cosmetic refurbishment of the stations resulting in the main building being subjected to an all-over crème paint scheme. The branch line closed on 7th March 1966, the station ceasing to passenger traffic on the same date. Goods traffic ceased in the April but facilities were still maintained for Express Dairies until about 1973. All structures upon the down platform were removed but the platform left in situ. By April 1989, the crème finish of the main building had mostly gone but the main entrance doors had been restored. The British Railways Board (BRB (Residuary) Ltd.) sold the main buildings to a developer in November 2008 (probably the same one that bought the Shute Arms Hotel) and in Oct 2010 and again in May 2014 planning was approved for two dwellings.