As its name implies, Morchard Road station is located at some distance from the village of Morchard Bishop. Despite this, its passenger figures in the early 20th Century always exceeded those of Copplestone. The architecture and original layout of the two neighbouring stations was strikingly similar. Both had cranes and a nearby slaughterhouse. There was no footbridge at either station. Exeter-bound passengers at Morchard Road reached the up platform by taking a crosswalk of sleepers at the north end of the station, close to a signal box that stood at the station’s Barnstaple end. A siding, protected by catch points and with a loading platform for the slaughterhouse, extended back to the road bridge from the down platform.