The Tarka Line, also known as the North Devon Line, is a local railway line in Devon, England, linking the city of Exeter with the town of Barnstaple...
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Look up tarka in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tarka may refer to: Tarka, also tadka or chhaunk, in Indian cuisine is a method of seasoning food with...
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Tarka the Otter: His Joyful Water-Life and Death in the Country of the Two Rivers is a 1927 novel by English writer Henry Williamson, first published...
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railway station, also spelt King's Nympton, is a request stop on the Tarka Line in North Devon, serving the civil parishes of Chulmleigh, Burrington and...
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Yeoford, is still in use as part of the Tarka Line (a community railway, which continues to Barnstaple). The Dartmoor line runs from Coleford Junction to Okehampton...
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996 The Dartmoor line is a 15+1⁄2-mile (24.9 km) railway line in Devon, England. From Crediton, the line runs alongside the Tarka Line to the site of the...
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Railway on the Avocet Line from Exmouth to Exeter St Davids (from where they continue to Paignton), which run half-hourly; on the Tarka Line from Exeter Central...
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Rail ale trail (section Tarka Line)
using the tag line "Let us drive you to the pub". Some incentives were offered to railway passengers to use certain pubs. The Tarka Line Rail Ale Trail...
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Barnstaple railway station is the northern terminus of the Tarka Line and serves the town of Barnstaple, Devon. It is 39 miles 75 chains (64.3 km) from...
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village so is named after the nearby 'Portsmouth Arms' pub. It is on the Tarka Line to Barnstaple, 29 miles 8 chains (46.8 km) from Exeter Central at milepost...
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The Tarka Trail is a series of footpaths and cyclepaths (rail trails) around north Devon, England that follow the route taken by the fictional Tarka the...
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St Davids – the Avocet Line from Exmouth, the Tarka Line from Barnstaple, the Riviera Line from Paignton and the Dartmoor Line from Okehampton. Trains...
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station serving the village of Yeoford in Devon, England. It is on the Tarka Line to Barnstaple, 11 miles 42 chains (18.5 km) from Exeter Central at milepost...
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Devon Metro (section Riviera Line timetable changes)
Riviera Line from Exeter to Newton Abbot and Paignton, the Avocet Line to Exmouth, the Tarka Line to Barnstaple, and the West of England Main Line as far...
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is served by Great Western Railway trains on the Tarka and Dartmoor lines. It is on the Tarka Line to Barnstaple, 4 miles 21 chains (6.9 km) from Exeter...
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River Exe near Cowley Bridge Junction. Here the Tarka Line from Barnstaple joins on the right and the line then passes (on the same side) Riverside Yard...
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Tawstock in the English county of Devon. It is a rural station on the Tarka Line to Barnstaple, 35 miles 52 chains (57.4 km) from Exeter Central at milepost...
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Central at milepost 179.25 from London Waterloo. It is the junction of the Tarka and Dartmoor lines, though the two lines run parallel until Coleford Junction...
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station is in the neighbouring civil parish of Chawleigh. It is on the Tarka Line to Barnstaple, 22 miles 27 chains (35.9 km) from Exeter Central at milepost...
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to the former North Devon Railway towards Barnstaple, now renamed the Tarka Line. In 1848, the Exeter and Crediton Railway had built a station at Cowley...
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station under the community railways scheme and contributes to its upkeep. Tarka line services from Barnstaple terminated at St James Park from December 2018...
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Great Western Railway (train operating company) (category Great Western Main Line)
143s on services in Devon and Cornwall, including the Avocet Line, Riviera Line and Tarka Line. Five 142s were returned to Northern Rail in late 2008, following...
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lines in Devon. This includes the Avocet Line/Riviera Line between Exmouth and Paignton plus the Tarka Line between Barnstaple and Exeter Central (occasionally...
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Yeoford railway station on the Exeter to Barnstaple railway line, otherwise known as the Tarka Line. Yeoford Community Primary School was opened in 1878. The...
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used on the Tarka Line on services between Barnstaple and Exeter Central replacing the class 143 'Pacers' which were running on the line. Great Western...
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Valley Line and in February 2018, they began service on the Heart of Wessex Line, as well as operating some services on the Wessex Main Line as far as...
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flooding. Torrington is in the centre of Tarka Country, a landscape captured by Henry Williamson in his novel Tarka the Otter in 1927. Great Torrington has...
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Exmouth Junction engine shed which was on the opposite side of the main line. The platforms were rebuilt in 1927 using concrete components cast at the...
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Taunton services, the Golden Valley Line, the Heart of Wessex Line and also some services on the Wessex Main Line as far as Warminster and Southampton...
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But the South Devon Railway, an associate of the GWR, had already built a line from Exeter St Davids to Plymouth along the south coast and the south side...
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