The Tarka Line
The Tarka Line runs for 37.8 miles between Barnstaple and Newton St Cyres, serving 12 stations, with a top line speed of 70 mph.
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The line in numbers
| Length | 37.8 miles end to end |
|---|---|
| Track | about 38 miles, counting every running line |
| Stations | 12 |
| Top line speed | 70 mph |
| Passengers a year | 1.0 million entries and exits across its stations |
Stations on this line
- Barnstaple608,780 a year
- Chapelton160 a year
- Umberleigh54,078 a year
- Portsmouth Arms596 a year
- Kings Nympton6,498 a year
- Eggesford52,658 a year
- Lapford8,488 a year
- Morchard Road21,854 a year
- Copplestone41,732 a year
- Yeoford19,890 a year
- Crediton187,194 a year
- Newton St Cyres7,648 a year
The busiest station on the line is Barnstaple, 608,780 entries and exits a year and 785th busiest in Britain.
Lines it meets
Passenger figures are the Office of Rail and Road's estimates of station usage for 2024-25, added up across the stations on this line. They count entries and exits at those stations rather than journeys along the line, and a station served by more than one line is counted for each of them.