Catalogue description EXETER, TEIGN VALLEY AND CHAGFORD RAILWAY COMPANY

This record is held by Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)

Details of 5150B
Reference: 5150B
Title: EXETER, TEIGN VALLEY AND CHAGFORD RAILWAY COMPANY
Date: c1866-1923
Held by: Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Exeter Teign Valley and Chagford Railway Company, 1883-1922
Physical description: 13 FILES
Subjects:
  • Railway transport
Administrative / biographical background:

THE TEIGN VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY WAS AUTHORISED IN 1863 AND OPENED FROM HEATHFIELD TO ASHTON ON 9TH OCTOBER 1882. AN EXETER TEIGN VALLEY AND CHAGFORD RAILWAY ACT WAS PASSED THE FOLLOWING YEAR TO COMPLETE THE LINE TO EXETER AND A BRANCH TO CHAGFORD. THESE LINES WERE NEVER CONSTRUCTED, INSTEAD A NEW EXETER AND TEIGN VALLEY RAILWAY WAS AUTHORISED IN 1894 WHICH COMPLETED THE ASHTON TO EXETER SECTION IN 1903, THE LINE OPENING ON 1ST JULY.

 

THE LINE WAS LEASED TO, AND WORKED BY, THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY AND ABSORBED FULLY BY THEM IN 1923.

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