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    The Tarka Line, also known as the North Devon Line, is a local railway line in Devon, England, linking the city of Exeter with the town of Barnstaple...
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  • Look up tarka in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tarka may refer to: Tarka Shastra, Sanskrit term for the philosophy of logic and reasoning Tarka, also...
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    Tarka the Otter: His Joyful Water-Life and Death in the Country of the Two Rivers is a 1927 novel by English writer Henry Williamson, first published...
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  • Thumbnail for Kings Nympton railway station
    railway station, also spelt King's Nympton, is a request stop on the Tarka Line in North Devon, serving the civil parishes of Chulmleigh, Burrington and...
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    The Tarka Trail is a series of footpaths and cyclepaths (rail trails) around north Devon, England that follow the route taken by the fictional Tarka the...
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    Yeoford, is still in use as part of the Tarka Line (a community railway, which continues to Barnstaple). The Dartmoor line runs from Coleford Junction to Okehampton...
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    996 The Dartmoor line is a 15+1⁄2-mile (24.9 km) railway line in Devon, England. From Crediton, the line runs alongside the Tarka Line to the site of the...
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  • Thumbnail for Barnstaple railway station
    Barnstaple railway station is the northern terminus of the Tarka Line and serves the town of Barnstaple, Devon. It is 39 miles 75 chains (64.3 km) from...
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  • tag line "Let us drive you to the pub". Some incentives were offered to railway passengers to use certain pubs.[citation needed] The Tarka Line Rail...
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  • Thumbnail for Exeter St Davids railway station
    services operate on the Avocet Line to Exmouth, the Riviera Line to Paignton, the Tarka Line to Barnstaple and Dartmoor Line to Okehampton. It is managed...
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  • Thumbnail for Newton St Cyres railway station
    is served by Great Western Railway trains on the Tarka and Dartmoor lines. It is on the Tarka Line to Barnstaple, 4 miles 21 chains (6.9 km) from Exeter...
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  • Thumbnail for Portsmouth Arms railway station
    village so is named after the nearby 'Portsmouth Arms' pub. It is on the Tarka Line to Barnstaple, 29 miles 8 chains (46.8 km) from Exeter Central at milepost...
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  • Thumbnail for Bow railway station (Devon)
    Yeoford, running passenger trains past Bow, where its line meets Great Western Railway's Tarka Line. Nock, O. S. (1965) The London & South Western Railway...
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  • Thumbnail for Eggesford railway station
    station is in the neighbouring civil parish of Chawleigh. It is on the Tarka Line to Barnstaple, 22 miles 27 chains (35.9 km) from Exeter Central at milepost...
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    Riviera Line from Exeter to Newton Abbot and Paignton, the Avocet Line to Exmouth, the Tarka Line to Barnstaple, and the West of England Main Line as far...
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    River Exe near Cowley Bridge Junction. Here the Tarka Line from Barnstaple joins on the right and the line then passes (on the same side) Riverside Yard...
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  • Thumbnail for Crediton railway station
    Central at milepost 179.25 from London Waterloo. It is the junction of the Tarka and Dartmoor lines, though the two lines run parallel until Coleford Junction...
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  • Thumbnail for Umberleigh railway station
    station serves the village of Umberleigh in Devon, England. It is on the Tarka Line to Barnstaple, 33 miles 22 chains (53.6 km) from Exeter Central at milepost...
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    Railway on the Avocet Line from Exmouth to Exeter St Davids (from where they continue to Paignton), which run half-hourly; on the Tarka Line from Exeter Central...
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  • Thumbnail for Yeoford railway station
    station serving the village of Yeoford in Devon, England. It is on the Tarka Line to Barnstaple, 11 miles 42 chains (18.5 km) from Exeter Central at milepost...
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  • Thumbnail for Lapford railway station
    Lapford railway station is a rural station on the Tarka Line, serving the village of Lapford in Devon. It is 18 miles 35 chains (29.7 km) from Exeter Central...
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  • Thumbnail for Tarka Valley Railway
    The Tarka Valley Railway in Devon, England, is a heritage railway that plans to rebuild the Torrington to Bideford section of the Barnstaple to Halwill...
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    Great Western Railway (train operating company) (category Great Western Main Line)
    143s on services in Devon and Cornwall, including the Avocet Line, Riviera Line and Tarka Line. Five 142s were returned to Northern Rail in late 2008, following...
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  • Thumbnail for Yeoford
    Yeoford railway station on the Exeter to Barnstaple railway line, otherwise known as the Tarka Line. Yeoford Community Primary School was opened in 1878. The...
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  • Thumbnail for British Rail Class 166
    Valley Line and in February 2018, they began service on the Heart of Wessex Line, as well as operating some services on the Wessex Main Line as far as...
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  • Thumbnail for Exeter to Plymouth railway of the LSWR
    This left just Barnstaple line services between Exeter and Yeoford (the Tarka Line). From 1997 a limited service ran between Okehampton and Exeter on Sundays...
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  • Thumbnail for British Rail Class 150
    lines in Devon. This includes the Avocet Line/Riviera Line between Exmouth and Paignton plus the Tarka Line between Barnstaple and Exeter Central (occasionally...
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  • Thumbnail for Sampford Courtenay railway station
    restore the interchange at Yeoford Junction where its line meets Great Western Railway's Tarka Line. The company looked to create a railhead at Okehampton...
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  • Thumbnail for British Rail Class 158
    used on the Tarka Line on services between Barnstaple and Exeter Central replacing the class 143 'Pacers' which were running on the line. Great Western...
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  • Thumbnail for Esk Valley line
    Remote, and is used on other routes such as the Heart of Wales line, and the Tarka Line. Cabinets at Whitby, Glaisdale and Battersby, and a signalman at...
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