Classic route
Tarka Line
Exeter → Barnstaple · England
- Distance
- 63 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 1 h 10 min
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
- Operator
- GWR
- Train
- GWR Class 158 · 150
- Countries
- England
- In service since
- 1854
Page last updated 2026-07-19 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Along the Taw through Henry Williamson’s Tarka the Otter country — Devon’s surviving branch line winding from Exeter’s cathedral city to Barnstaple.
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