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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 ...
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.
Warship locomotives were divided into two batches: those built at BR's Swindon works were numbered in the series D800-D832 and D866-D870, [1] had a maximum tractive effort of 52,400 pounds-force (233,000 N) and eventually became the British Rail Class 42. 33 others, D833–D865, were constructed by the North British Locomotive Company and ...
Railway timetable: Publisher: British Rail (1974–1997) National Rail (1997–2007) Network Rail (2006–present) The Stationery Office (2007–2014) Middleton Press (2007–2019) Founder: British Rail: Founded: 1974: First issue: 6 May 1974 () Final issue: 15 December 2019 () (printed edition) Country: Great Britain: Language: English: Website
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 railway company opened the Yacht Club Hotel ...
The Birmingham Special was a passenger train operated by the Southern Railway, Norfolk and Western Railway, and Pennsylvania Railroad in the southeastern United States.The train began service in 1909 and continued, with alterations, after Amtrak assumed control of most long-haul intercity passenger rail in the United States on May 1, 1971.
Great Western Railway Class 802 IET with a westbound Torbay Express at Torquay in June 2021. The Torbay Express name is also used by Great Western Railway (train operating company) for its 10:35 service from London Paddington to Paignton (via Castle Cary), and the 13:55 return (via Castle Cary and the Reading to Taunton Line).
D2192 was operated by British Rail between 1961 and 1969. It was sold to the Dart Valley Railway in 1970 but moved to the Torbay Steam Railway on 24 July 1977. [29] 03371 (D2371) Class 03: 1958 2015 D2371 entered service with British Rail in 1958. It was later renumbered 03371 and withdrawn in 1987.