TIL of Lympstone Commando railway station. This is a railway station situated on the Avocet Line, from Exeter to Exmouth in Devon, England. A train travelling on this line will only stop here if you ask the train driver, providing you are a visitor to the Royal Marine Commando Training Centre.

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1. Someone read the independent article about the book 🤔

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2. Pretty sure when Geoff Marshall got off there he didn’t get permission to go to the camp. I think as long as you don’t leave the platform they can’t really do anything. A bit like British Steel Redcar

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3. So it’s just a request stop. There are loads of them.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Railway_request_stops_in_Great_Britain

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