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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.
Lustleigh Station in 1912. In 1861 the Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway Company was formed at the Globe Hotel in Newton Abbot, and in 1862 the bill for making the railway was given royal assent as the Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. cxxviii). Work on the line commenced in 1863, and the major ...
Leaving Newton Abbot station, the line is near level until Aller Junction, where the line to Torbay diverges to the left. The climb proper begins at Stoneycombe, where there was a signal box and quarry siding, and continues through Dainton tunnel to Dainton signal box, a distance of 2 miles and 17 chains (3.56 km).
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 ...
Totnes railway station was built by the South Devon Railway Company and opened on 20 July 1847 when trains started to run on the line from Newton, as Newton Abbot was known at the time. [ 2 ] [ page needed ] It was a terminus until 5 May 1848 when trains started to run through to Plymouth , initially using a temporary terminus at Laira .
A reconstructed section of atmospheric track at Didcot Railway Centre. The system was designed and patented by the Samuda Brothers.The pipe was laid in 10 feet (3.0 m) sections between the 7 ft (2,134 mm) broad gauge rails with a continuous slot along the top that was sealed by a leather valve.
Their business plan was to launch and operate a profitable summer-season tourist railway, focused on the many summer visitors who choose to holiday in South Devon. [ 3 ] Forming the Dart Valley Light Railway Company Ltd, it took ownership of the branch line in October 1965, and was granted a light railway order to operate in 1966.
Since the line re-opened as a heritage railway, a new Totnes (Riverside) railway station has been opened to avoid the need for trains to run into the Network Rail station. A footbridge over the river links the two stations. Staverton station was named Staverton Bridge when it reopened in April 1969, but the suffix "fell into disuse" in the 1980s.