Torquay railway station
Torquay 
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| Location | |
| Place | Torquay, Devon |
| Local authority | Torbay |
| Coordinates | 50°27′41″N 3°32′35″W / 50.46126°N 3.54310°WCoordinates: 50°27′41″N 3°32′35″W / 50.46126°N 3.54310°W |
| Grid reference | SX905635 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | TQY |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.408 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.428 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.410 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.458 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.489 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Dartmouth and Torbay Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Opened | 1859 |
| Rebuilt | 1878 |
| Listed status | |
| Listed feature | Torquay Station |
| Listing grade | II |
| Entry number | 1206832 |
| Added to list | 26 March 1986 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Torquay from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Torquay railway station is on the Riviera Line and serves the seaside resort of Torquay, Devon, England. The station is operated by Great Western Railway. It is just a few yards from the sea at Abbey Sands.
A railway station serving Torquay had been opened by the 7 ft (2,134 mm) broad gauge South Devon Railway on 18 December 1848, but this station was on the hill distant from the harbour at the centre of the town. A new station near Abbey Sands was opened by the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway on 2 August 1859 when the original station was renamed "Torre". Goods traffic continued to be handled at the original station, the new one retaining a more genteel atmosphere with just passengers, their horse and carriages.
The Dartmouth and Torbay Railway was always operated by the South Devon Railway and was amalgamated with it on 1 January 1872. This was only short lived as the South Devon Railway was in turn amalgamated into the Great Western Railway on 1 February 1876. A vastly improved station by the architect and engineers William Lancaster Owen and J.E. Danks was opened on 1 September 1878 and the line, which had been a single track with a passing loop in the station, was doubled in 1882. A small signal box was opened at each end of the station in 1878, that at the Newton Abbot end has been demolished but the one at the Paignton end is now rented out as an office.
The line was converted to 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge on 20 May 1892. The line towards Paignton was doubled on 30 October 1910, the work for which meant the opening out of the 133 yards (122 m) Livermead Tunnel which was at the top of the gradient south of the station. At around the same time the signalling was all concentrated in the South signal box, although the North box was retained as a ground frame to work points for sidings at this end of the station.
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