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The station was originally known as just "Newton" but this was changed to "Newton Abbot" on 1 March 1877. [ 6 ] The last broad gauge train ran on 20 May 1892, after which all the lines in the area were converted to 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm ) standard gauge over the space of a weekend.
The line is double track throughout except for a long single-lead junction at Newton Abbot where trains are turned off the main line onto the Paignton branch. Loops at Dawlish Warren allow slower trains to be overtaken, as does the flexible layout at Newton Abbot where all three platforms can access the Paignton branch. At Exeter St Davids ...
A second track was laid to Newton Abbot and brought into use on 22 May 1876 along with a second platform at Kingskerswell; the double line was extended to Torquay on 26 March 1882. The station is situated in a cutting beneath a viaduct carrying a road across the line. The station building was at road level on the west side, with the booking ...
An Italianate building on the north side of the single track housed a booking office and waiting room on the ground floor, with accommodation above for the station master. The line was doubled from Hemerdon to Cornwood on 14 May 1893 and a signal box was opened at the east end of the station, replacing an earlier one at the west end.
Newton Abbot goods yard was positioned alongside the branch from June 1911, having been relocated to make space for the passenger station enlargement. It was on the Down (west) side of the line and had twelve roads. Newton Abbot Goods signal box was provided at the north end, until 1926 when it was replaced by a ground frame.
Newton Abbot to Kingswear (via Torquay, Paignton and Churston) 1972 (Paignton-Kingswear section, only) Part of the line between Newton Abbot and Paignton still open as part of the National Network's Riviera Line 7 mile stretch of track now preserved, (between Paignton and Kingswear) as the Dartmouth Steam Railway. Kirkburton branch line
The old station had been on the section of the Hayle Railway that was closed entirely as a steep rope-worked incline descended from Angarrack (Cornish: An Garrek) to sea level at Copperhouse, it was replaced by a much gentler incline to the new Hayle railway station. However the new Angarrack station was closed in 1853.
Teignmouth railway station is on the Exeter to Plymouth line and serves the seaside town of Teignmouth in Devon, England. It is located 208 miles 70 chains (336 km) from London Paddington, via Box. [1] It is operated by Great Western Railway and is the third-busiest station on the Riviera Line after Exeter St Davids and Newton Abbot.