Night Riviera

Sleeping cars have run west from Paddington since 1877; today’s train hugs Brunel’s storm-lashed Dawlish sea wall to the far tip of Cornwall.

Stations

1. 0 kmLondon Paddington
2. 57 kmReading
3. 228 kmTaunton
4. 251 kmTiverton Parkway
5. 277 kmExeter St Davids
6. 309 kmNewton Abbot
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   1. 323 kmTotnes
   2. 360 kmPlymouth
   3. 388 kmLiskeard
   4. 403 kmBodmin Parkway
   5. 408 kmLostwithiel
   6. 415 kmPar
   7. 422 kmSt Austell
8. 445 kmTruro
9. 459 kmRedruth
10. 465 kmCamborne
11. 477 kmSt Erth
12. 486 kmPenzance

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 125414 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 46 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 17 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of the scheduled train on this line
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the Night Riviera?

The Night Riviera runs 491 km from London to Penzance.

How long does the Night Riviera take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 8 h for the 491 km. That is an average of 61 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 150 km/h.

Who runs the Night Riviera?

Great Western Railway, with Class 57 with Mk3 sleepers.

How old is the Night Riviera?

The line has been in service since 1877. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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