Torquay railway station
Encyclopedia : T : TO : TOR : Torquay railway station
Torquay railway station serves the town of Torquay, Devon, England. The station is operated by First Great Western. It is just a few yards from the beach.
The platform nearest the beach is served by trains towards Paignton, the opposite platform being used for trains towards Newton Abbot. There is step-free access to both platforms.
History
A railway station serving Torquay had been opened by the South Devon Railway on 18 December 1848, but this station was on the hill distant from the town centre and harbour. A new station near Abbey Sands was opened by the Torbay and Dartmouth Railway on 2 August 1859 when the original station was renamed Torre.Goods traffic continued to be handled at the original station, the new one retaining a more genteel atmosphere with just passengers, their horse and carriages.
The Torbay and Dartmouth Railway was always operated by the South Devon Railway and was amalgamated with it on 1 January 1872. This was only short lived as the South Devon Railway was in turn amalgamated into the Great Western Railway on 1 February 1876.
The present station buildings date from 1878 when new facilities were opened. A small signal box was opened at each end of the station at the same time, that at the Paignton end now being rented out as an office.
The Great Western Railway was nationalised into British Railways in 1948.
Further reading
Potts, C.R., The Newton Abbot to Kingswear Railway (1844-1988), Oakwood Press 1988, ISBN 0583613877External links
- [Train times] and [station information] for Torquay railway station from National Rail
- [Street map] and [aerial photo] of Torquay railway station from Multimap.com
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
| This station offers access to the South West Coast Path. | |
|---|---|
| Distance to Coast Path | 100 yards |
| Next station anticlockwise | Teignmouth 11 miles |
| Next station clockwise | Paignton 3 miles |
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.