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Totnes Signal Box, whilst still operating, September 1981
The Signal box Cafe at Totnes Railway Station, view under the footbridge towards the former pneumatic railway pumping station, July 2009

Totnes Signal Box is a Grade II listed former Great Western Railway signal box, located on Totnes railway station. It presently functions as a cafe.

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