page_title: Axminster
section_title: Transport
hierarchical_section_title: Axminster / Transport
caption_attribution_description: A merged view of the front of the station building at Axminster railway station in East Devon. Opened on 19 July 1890 the station currently only has one platform, but between 1903 and the Beeching axe of the 1960s it was the start of the branch line to Lyme Regis.
context_page_description: Axminster is a market town and civil parish on the eastern border of the county of Devon in England, some 28 miles from the county town of Exeter. The town is built on a hill overlooking the River Axe which heads towards the English Channel at Axmouth, and is in the East Devon local government district. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 5,626, increasing to 5,761 at the 2011 census. The town contains two electoral wards the total sum of both wards being a population of 7,110. The market is still held every Thursday.
  Axminster gave its name to a type of carpet. An Axminster-type power loom is capable of weaving high quality carpets with many varying colours and patterns. While Axminster carpets are made in the town by Axminster Carpets Ltd, this type of carpet is now manufactured all over the world.
caption: Axminster station
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