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The Beeching cuts were a reduction in the size of the British railway network, along with a restructuring of British Rail, in the 1960s.Since the mid-1990s there has been significant growth in passenger numbers on the railways and renewed government interest in the role of rail in UK transport.
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 ...
On May 15, 2008, Norfolk Southern Railway announced that it had come to an agreement with Pan Am Railways to "create an improved rail route between Albany, N.Y., and the greater Boston, Mass., area called the 'Patriot Corridor'." [2] [3] [4] On March 12, 2009, Norfolk Southern and Pan Am received STB approval of the deal. [5]
Torbay Council approved plans on 27 November 2016 for the construction of a new railway station to include the following: two single-sided station platforms, provision of a footbridge between platforms, an elevated walkway and access ramps, cycle spaces, extended footpath along Riviera Way, lighting and CCTV, and platform furniture to include shelter and signage.
Largely by his efforts, the Torbay and Brixham Railway Company was incorporated by an act of Parliament, the Torbay and Brixham Railway Act 1864 (27 & 28 Vict. c. ccxlvii), on 25 July 1864 [1] or 26 July 1864; together with a tramway in connection with the railway. [2] The company's share capital was £18,000 and Wolston himself subscribed £ ...
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.
The train now descends this to reach Torquay railway station opened in 1859, although today's large stone buildings and old signal box date from 1878. [14] Unlike the original Torquay station (now Torre), this one is right by the beach at Abbey Sands and a level promenade links it with the harbour and town centre.
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.