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The Dartmouth and Torbay Railway Company was incorporated by an act of Parliament, the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. ciii), of 27 July to build from the SDR Torquay station to a point between the Higher Ferry and Waterhead Creek at Kingswear, [2] and power to establish a ferry from Kingswear to Dartmouth, and to take ...
It was loaned to the Dart Valley Railway from the National Collection but was usually on display rather than operating. [145] [146] D2192 Class 03: 1961 1970 - 1977: D2192 was operated by British Rail between 1961 and 1969. It was sold to the Dart Valley Railway, arriving on 25 August 1970, but moved to the Torbay Steam Railway on 24 July 1977 ...
The Riviera Line is the railway between the city of Exeter, towns Dawlish and Teignmouth, and the English Riviera resorts of Torbay in Devon, England. Its tracks are shared with the Exeter to Plymouth Line along the South Devon sea wall.
Other heritage railways in South Devon include: Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway; Other early railways in South Devon include: Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway; Dartmouth and Torbay Railway; Launceston and South Devon Railway; Lee Moor Tramway; Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway; Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway
The Torbay and Brixham Railway was built independently, and almost solely due to the efforts of a local proprietor of the fishing harbour, R. W. Wolston. The line opened on 28 February 1868 between Brixham Road station, on the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway line, to Brixham. Brixham Road station was renamed Churston on the same day.
In 1923, the Southern Railway took over 24 + 1 ⁄ 2 route miles (39.4 km) of railway electrified with overhead line at 6.7 kV, 57 route miles (92 km) of railway electrified with a third rail at 660 V DC, and the 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-mile (2.4 km) long underground Waterloo & City Railway. [14]
The railway to Kingswear was built by the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway, opening on 16 August 1864. [1] The original aim had been to reach Dartmouth but the railway station in that town, which sold train tickets and processed parcels but lacked platforms and trains, was only ever reached by ferry.
The South Devon Railway (SDR) is a 6.64-mile (10.69 km) heritage railway from Totnes to Buckfastleigh in Devon. Mostly running alongside the River Dart, it was initially known as the Dart Valley Railway. The railway is now operated by the South Devon Railway Trust, a registered charity. [1]