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» Great Western Railway (more..)
» Class 802 (more..) |
» between Dawlish and Teignmouth
» Teignmouth, United Kingdom (more..)
» September 14, 2024 |
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» 802 1.. (more..)
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» Georg Trüb (more..)
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| Hitachi Rail built 9-car bi-mode highspeed train 802 # 1.. of the Great Western Railway is running along the South Devon sea wall between Dawlish and Teignmouth, as express passenger 1C80 from London Paddington (1205 h) to Penzance (1710 h). In the background the red cliffs are called "Parson and Clerk". The railway goes through the 476 meter long Parson tunnel. This part of the railway line is also called the "Riviera line". The section of railway was opened by the South Devon Railway Company, running from Exeter St Davids railway station to Teignmouth railway station on 30 May 1846 and extended to Newton Abbot railway station on 31 December 1846. It was a broad gauge railway of 7 ft 1?4 in (2,140 mm) gauge and intended to be worked as an atmospheric railway, although atmospheric trains only ran from 13 September 1847 until 9 September 1848. The South Devon Railway was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway on 1 February 1876 and the gauge converted to the standard 4 feet 8½ inches after 20 May 1892. The Great Western Railway was nationalised into British Railways on 1 January 1948. The line is now owned by Network Rail and the stations and majority of trains operated by the modern-day Great Western Railway. |
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