Teignmouth railway station
Teignmouth  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Teignmouth, Teignbridge, Devon England | ||||
| Coordinates | 50°32′53″N 3°29′42″W / 50.548°N 3.495°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SX942731 | ||||
| Managed by | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | TGM | ||||
| Classification | DfT category D | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | South Devon Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| Opened | 1846 | ||||
| Rebuilt | 1895 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  0.706 million | ||||
| 2019/20 |  0.691 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 0.269 million | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.607 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.691 million | ||||
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Teignmouth railway station is on the
History
The station was opened by the South Devon Railway Company on 30 May 1846 as the terminus of its first section from
Teignmouth was the original headquarters of the South Devon Railway, the station and offices being described as a "primitive apology for a station" and locally dubbed the 'Noah's Ark'.[3]
Trains were worked from Exeter by
The South Devon Railway was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway on 1 February 1876. When first built the station was situated between two tunnels but the West Tunnel was opened out by June 1881 and the Eastcliffe Tunnel leading to the Sea Wall was removed by 1884, when the distinctive lattice girder bridge at the end of the Sea Wall was installed.
On 20 May 1892 the line was converted to 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
The Great Western Railway in turn was
The station was closed for two months during the repair of the railway and sea wall at Dawlish caused by the great storm of February 2014. The iron work supporting the roof was repainted during this period. Refurbishment of the pedestrian bridge between the platforms commenced in 2016.
Description
The station is situated near the edge of the town centre, a short walk from the beach and South West Coast Path.
The main entrance and booking office are on the westbound platform; all of the main facilities, including a café, are situated here. When the booking office is closed, access to the station is through the gates adjacent to the wide footbridge which links the two platforms.
Services
Teignmouth is served by four routes:
- Great Western Railway (GWR) operates a regular service between Exmouth and Paignton. These stop approximately half-hourly in each direction throughout the day; on Sundays, the service is less frequent and many trains only run between Exeter St Davids and Paignton.[6]
- GWR runs services between Cardiff Central, Bristol Temple Meads, Plymouth and Penzance; some of these trains stop here
- GWR also runs services between London Paddington, Paignton, Plymouth and Penzance; some of these trains stop here
- Manchester Piccadilly and Paignton that stop at Teignmouth.[7]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Dawlish | Great Western Railway Riviera Line |
Newton Abbot | ||
| CrossCountry Cornwall-Scotland |
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References
- ISBN 978-1-9996271-0-2.
- ISBN 0-85361-286-2.
- ISBN 978-0-860935-04-9.
- ISBN 1-872524-42-7.
- ISBN 978-1-904349-55-6.
- ^ "Train Times". Great Western Railway. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "Timetables". CrossCountry. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
Further reading
- Beck, Keith; Copsey, John (1990). The Great Western in South Devon. Didcot: Wild Swan Publication. ISBN 0-906867-90-8.
- Cooke, RA (1984). Track Layout Diagrams of the GWR and BR WR, Section 14: South Devon. Harwell: RA Cooke.
| This station offers access to the South West Coast Path | |
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| Distance to path | 0.25 miles (0.40 km) |
| Next station anticlockwise | Dawlish 3 miles (5 km) |
| Next station clockwise | Torquay 11 miles (18 km) |