Riviera Line

Tags: Railway Line.

The Riviera Line is a local railway line that links the city of Exeter with the English Riviera resorts of Torbay in Devon England. It is linked with the Exeter to Plymouth Line with which it shares the route along the South Devon sea wall. It is part of the Network Rail Route 12 (Reading to Penzance).All services on the route were suspended between 5 February and 4 April 2014 after storms caused the Sea Wall to collapse.

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is part of

National Rail

line length (μ)

45464.0

location

Devon, England

number of stations

11

number of tracks

2

opening year

1846-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

operated by

First Great Western, CrossCountry

owner

Network Rail

railway rolling stock

British Rail Class 143, British Rail Class 43 (HST), British Rail Class 153, British Rail Class 158, British Rail Class 150, British Rail Class 220, British Rail Class 221

speed limit (kmh)

96.5604

type

Passenger rail terminology