Torre railway station

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Image:Torrefront.jpg Torre station is a suburban station in Torquay, Devon, England. It is only served by the stopping service between Paignton and Exeter. The station is operated by First Great Western, but is unmanned and has no train conductors or ticket staff, etc.

[edit] History

A branch was opened by the South Devon Railway from Newton Abbot on 18 December 1848, this station being the terminus and known as 'Torquay. This line was extended by the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway on 2 August 1859, which opened the present Torquay railway station at Livermead so the original station was renamed Torre.

The station had a small extension to the platforms and a train shed built in 1855. With the opening of the Dartmouth and Torbay railway, new platforms had to be provided; the original station can still be seen standing alongside the track.

The goods yard was originally at the west end of the station. The original goods shed was destroyed by fire in 1857 and eventually replaced in 1865 by a stone building alongside the railway on the Newton Abbot side of the station. A large coal yard was built on the west side of the station.

In 1921 the small signal box at the London end of the northbound platform was replaced by the three-storey building that still stands, unused, on that platform.

[edit] External links

Train times and station information for Torre railway station from National Rail
Street map and aerial photo of Torre railway station from Multimap.com

[edit] References

Beck, Keith (1990). The Great Western in South Devon. Didcot: Wild Swan Publication. ISBN 0-906867-90-8.
Potts, C R (1998). The Newton Abbot to Kingswear Railway (1844 - 1988). Oxford: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-387-7.
Sheppard, Geof (2005). "Goods Traffic at Torre". Broadsheet (53): 4-11.
Railway company records can be consulted at The National Archives