Devon Belle
Up 'Devon Belle' at Exeter St Davids | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | Luxury express train |
| Status | Discontinued |
| Locale | England |
| First service | 20 June 1947 |
| Last service | September 1954 |
| Former operator(s) | Southern Railway (SR) |
| Route | |
| Termini | London Waterloo Ilfracombe only till 1949: Plymouth |
| Stops | Saturday timetable summer 1953: Sidmouth Junction, Exeter Central, Exeter St Davids, Barnstaple Junction, Barnstaple Town, Braunton, Morthoe |
| Distance travelled | 230 mi (370 km) |
| Average journey time | 5 hours, 27 minutes |
| Service frequency | 1947: only summer weekends 1950: Mon, Tue (eastbound), Thu (westbound), Fri, Sat, Sun |
| Line(s) used | complete train: South Western Main Line, West of England line Plymouth section: Exeter–Plymouth line Ilfracombe section: Tarka Line Ilfracombe branch line |
| Technical | |
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The Devon Belle was a luxury express passenger train in England which ran between London Waterloo station and Ilfracombe and Plymouth in Devon in the years from 1947 to 1954.