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greater scrutiny than ever before, so, although these caches should
be quick and easy grabs, PLEASE don’t place a Cache where it
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Sidetracked : Torquay
From Wikipedia (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torquay_railway_station )
A railway station serving Torquay had been opened by the
South Devon
Railway on 18 December 1848, but this
station was on the hill distant from the town centre and harbour. 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.
The present station buildings date from 1878 when new
facilities were opened. A small signal
box was opened at each end of the station at the same time,
that at the Paignton end now being rented out as an office.
The Great Western Railway was nationalised into British Railways in 1948.
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