Tiverton railway station
Overview
Broad gauge
Broad-gauge railways use a track gauge greater than the standard gauge of .- List :For list see: List of broad gauges, by gauge and country- History :...
branch line from the Bristol and Exeter Railway
Bristol and Exeter Railway
The Bristol & Exeter Railway was a railway company formed to connect Bristol and Exeter.The company's head office was situated outside their Bristol station...
main line: the main line junction station four miles away had originally been called Tiverton Road but was renamed as when the branch opened.
In 1884 and 1885, with the Bristol and Exeter Railway having been taken over by the Great Western Railway
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
, Tiverton was reached by two other railways which then linked up to form a through route.
