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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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.
Princess Theatre
Theater building
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Princess Theatre in Torquay, England is a 1,500 seat theatre that first opened its doors on Wednesday 7 June 1961. Top of the bill on opening night were Tommy Cooper and Morecambe & Wise. Princess Theatre is situated 3,000 feet east of Torquay railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cockington and Torquay.
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.
Torquay
Photo: matthewhartley369, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torquay is a town on the coast of the English Riviera and South Devon region of Devon. Since the 19th century, it has been a fashionable seaside resort in the English Riviera.
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 Polish—“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”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Torquay railway station”. Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.