Devon Railway Centre
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The Devon Railway Centre is in the village of Bickleigh
in Mid Devon
, England, at the former Cadeleigh railway station
on the closed Great Western Railway
branch from Exeter
to Dulverton
, also known as the Exe Valley Railway. The Centre operates a 2ft (610mm) gauge
passenger railway and has the largest narrow gauge collection in the South West. There is also a miniature railway at the site and a model railway at the Centre, where some of the nation's most famous working layouts can be seen. The original Victorian station has been carefully restored.
Bickleigh, Mid Devon
Bickleigh is a village and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England, about four miles south of Tiverton. It is in the former hundred of Hayridge. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 239...
in Mid Devon
Mid Devon
Mid Devon is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in Tiverton.The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the borough of Tiverton and Crediton urban district together with Tiverton Rural District, and Crediton Rural...
, England, at the former Cadeleigh railway station
Cadeleigh railway station
Cadeleigh railway station was in Devon on the Exe Valley Railway from Exeter St Davids to Dulverton. It opened in 1885 on the section from Stoke Canon to Tiverton as Cadeleigh and Bickleigh but was renamed in 1906...
on the closed 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...
branch from Exeter
Exeter
Exeter is a historic city in Devon, England. It lies within the ceremonial county of Devon, of which it is the county town as well as the home of Devon County Council. Currently the administrative area has the status of a non-metropolitan district, and is therefore under the administration of the...
to Dulverton
Dulverton
Dulverton is a town and civil parish in the heart of West Somerset, England, near the border with Devon. The town has a population of 1,630. The parish includes the hamlets of Battleton and Ashwick which is located approximately north west of Dulverton...
, also known as the Exe Valley Railway. The Centre operates a 2ft (610mm) gauge
Rail gauge
Track gauge or rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the heads of the two load bearing rails that make up a single railway line. Sixty percent of the world's railways use a standard gauge of . Wider gauges are called broad gauge; smaller gauges, narrow gauge. Break-of-gauge refers...
passenger railway and has the largest narrow gauge collection in the South West. There is also a miniature railway at the site and a model railway at the Centre, where some of the nation's most famous working layouts can be seen. The original Victorian station has been carefully restored.