Dartmouth railway station

The Dartmouth and Torbay Railway was frustrated in its efforts to build a line across the River Dart and so was forced to terminate its line on the east side of the river. A site near the floating bridge (a chain ferry also known as the Higher Ferry) to Dartmouth was preferred but the site was too narrow and so it was extended into Kingswear. A site on the quay in Dartmouth was obtained and an 8 ft wide jetty provided to accommodate a ferry from Kingswear. An 83 ft long pier was built out from the quay, and a 60 ft jetty linked this with a pontoon to which the ferry could moor. The jetty was hinged to the pier and so could rise and fall with the jetty as the tide went in and out. The…

The Dartmouth Steam Railway, a heritage line, still runs trains from Paignton to Kingswear and operates a ferry across the River Dart, the combined Dart Valley Railway businesses trading as the Dartmouth Steam Railway and Riverboat Company. The ferry service uses the pontoon alongside the company's other boat services and those of the rival Greenway Ferry company. The station building is a restaurant, but railway and riverboat tickets are available from adjacent kiosks. The station environs also remain Dartmouth's bus terminus and taxi rank. }}