The North Devon Railway was a railway company which operated a line from Cowley Bridge Junction, near Exeter, to Bideford in Devon, England, later becoming...
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North Devon is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based just outside Barnstaple, the district's largest town. The district...
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The Devon and Somerset Railway (D&SR) was a cross-country line that connected Barnstaple in Devon, England, to the network of the Bristol and Exeter Railway...
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The North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway was a railway built to serve numerous ball clay pits that lay in the space between the London and...
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The South Devon Railway (SDR) is a 6.64-mile (10.69 km) heritage railway from Totnes to Buckfastleigh in Devon. Mostly running alongside the River Dart...
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The South Devon Railway Company built and operated the railway from Exeter to Plymouth and Torquay in Devon, England. It was a 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm)...
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Barnstaple (redirect from Barnstaple, Devon)
/ˈbɑːrnstəpəl/) is a river-port town and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. The town lies at the River Taw's lowest crossing point...
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Ilfracombe branch line (redirect from Wrafton railway station)
The North Devon Railway connected Barnstaple to the growing railway network in 1854 and as Ilfracombe developed as a watering place, it was obvious a...
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South Devon and Tavistock Railway linked Plymouth with Tavistock in Devon; it opened in 1859. It was extended by the Launceston and South Devon Railway to...
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Appledore railway station was a railway station in north Devon, situated close to the village of Appledore, a community lying on the peninsula formed by...
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Tiverton (22,291) are the largest towns in the north and centre respectively. For local government purposes Devon comprises a non-metropolitan county, with...
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Valley Railway was a branch line built by the Great Western Railway (GWR) in Devon, England, to link its Bristol to Exeter line with its Devon and Somerset...
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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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railway junction on the former Bristol and Exeter Railway, that allows access to the former North Devon Railway towards Barnstaple, now renamed the Tarka Line...
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Northam railway station was a railway station on the Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway in north Devon, close to Appledore. The station served...
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Somerset and Weymouth Railway. Further west, the LSWR took over the broad-gauge Exeter and Crediton Railway and North Devon Railway, also the standard-gauge...
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Western Railway branch line between Paignton and Kingswear in Devon, England. Much of the railway's business is from summer tourists from the resorts of Torbay...
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Devon is a county in England. Devon also may refer to: Devon Meadows, Victoria, a town Devon railway station, a former railway station in Victoria Devon...
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TIV-ər-tən) is a town and civil parish in Devon, England, and the commercial and administrative centre of the Mid Devon district. The population in 2019 was...
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Cranmore, Somerset Helston Railway, Prospidnick, Cornwall Plym Valley Railway, Marsh Mills, Plympton, Devon North Dorset Railway, Shillingstone, Dorset Somerset...
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Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway was a 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) broad gauge railway which linked the South Devon Railway at Newton Abbot railway station with...
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Lovers' Lane Halt railway station was a minor railway station or halt in north Devon close to the town of Appledore, a community lying on the peninsula...
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Appledore, Torridge (redirect from Appledore, North Devon)
miles (10 km) west of Barnstaple and about 3 miles (5 km) north of Bideford in the county of Devon, England. It is the home of Appledore Shipbuilders, a lifeboat...
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The Plym Valley Railway is a 1 mile 14 chains (1.9 km) heritage railway based on part of the now-closed South Devon and Tavistock Railway, a branch line...
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Chulmleigh (redirect from Chulmleigh, Devon)
located in North Devon in the heart of the English county of Devon. It is located 20 miles (32 km) north west of Exeter, just north of the Mid Devon boundary...
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Crediton (redirect from Crediton, Devon)
was then opened by the North Devon Railway on 1 August 1854. After 1 November 1865 additional London and South Western Railway trains ran through the...
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Alwington Appledore (Mid Devon) Appledore (North Devon) Arlington Arlington Beccott Ashburton Ashbury Ashcombe Ashculme Ashford (North Devon) Ashford (South Hams)...
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divided informally into North Devon and South Devon. In a narrower sense "South Devon" is used to refer to the part of Devon south of Exeter and Dartmoor...
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leasing two local companies, the Exeter and Crediton Railway (E&CR) and the North Devon Railway (NDR). These were broad gauge companies originally allied...
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a through route. From the north, the Tiverton and North Devon Railway was a branch line from the Devon and Somerset Railway at Morebath Junction and brought...
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