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Torbay and Brixham Railway information


Torbay and Brixham Railway
Overview
HeadquartersBrixham
LocaleEngland
Dates of operation1868–1883
SuccessorGreat Western Railway
Technical
Track gauge7 ft (2,134 mm)
Length2.07 miles (3.33 km)

The Torbay and Brixham Railway was a 7 ft (2,134 mm) broad gauge railway in England which linked the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway at Churston railway station, Devon with the important fishing port of Brixham. It was a little over two miles long. Never more than a local branch line, it closed in 1963.

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area. Torbay as an administrative area was created in 1968, when the municipal borough of Torquay, the urban districts of Brixham and Paignton, and the...

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Devon, England. Together with Torquay and Brixham it forms the borough of Torbay which was created in 1968. The Torbay area is a holiday destination known...

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River Dart Steamboat Co

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