Torquay railway station
Torquay railway station is on the Riviera Line and serves the seaside resort of Torquay, Devon, England. It is 219 miles 79 chains from London Paddington.Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “Torquay Railway Station”, “Torquay station”, and “TQY”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Torre Abbey and Grand Hotel.
Torre Abbey
Photo: Jazzamedeo, Public domain.
Torre Abbey is a historic building and art gallery in Torquay, Devon, which lies in the South West of England. It was founded in 1196 as a monastery for Premonstratensian canons, and is now the best-preserved medieval monastery in Devon and Cornwall. Torre Abbey is situated 1,200 feet northeast of Torquay railway station.
Grand Hotel
Hotel
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
The Grand Hotel is a hotel in Torquay, Devon. The Restaurant 1881 holds an AA Rosette for fine dining. The hotel has 132 bedrooms and 4 floors. The Grand Hotel first opened in Torquay in 1881, in response to the Great Western Railway’s expansion into the South West. Grand Hotel is situated 470 feet southeast of Torquay railway station.
Chelston Hall Surgery
Doctor’s office
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chelston Hall Surgery is a doctor’s office, which is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Torquay railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chelston and Torre.
Chelston
Suburb
Photo: Paul Hutchinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chelston is an area of Torquay, Devon, England, and one of the town's most historic and best preserved Victorian suburbs, with many of the area's typical red sandstone buildings designated within the Chelston Conservation Area.
Torre
Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torquay is a seaside town in Devon, England, part of the unitary authority area of Torbay. It lies 18 miles south of the county town of Exeter and 28 miles east-north-east of Plymouth, on the north of Tor Bay, adjoining the neighbouring town of Paignton on the west of the bay and across from the fishing port of Brixham.
Cockington
Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cockington is a village near Torquay, in the Torbay district, in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. Cockington with Chelston had a population of 8,366 in 2021. It has old cottages within its boundaries, and is about two miles from the centre of Torquay.
Torquay railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Torbay, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.46105° or 50° 27′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.54303° or 3° 32′ 35″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Operator
Great Western RailwayNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“TQY”Open location code
9C2RFF64+CQOpenStreetMap ID
node 29272140OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
6953744Wikidata ID
Q763074
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Torquay railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Torquay”
- Dutch: “Station Torquay”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة توركواى”
- French: “gare de Torquay”
- French: “Torquay”
- Polish: “Torquay”
- Urdu: “ٹورکی ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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