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Headquarters | Newton Abbot |
Locale | England |
Dates of operation | 1866–1972 |
Successor | South Devon Railway |
Technical | |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
Previous gauge | 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) |
Length | 12.35 miles (19.88 km) |
The Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway was a 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) broad gauge railway which linked the South Devon Railway at Newton Abbot railway station with Bovey (in the town of Bovey Tracey), Lustleigh and Moretonhampstead, Devon, England.[1]