Newton Abbot railway station serves the town of Newton Abbot in Devon, England. It is 193.75 miles (312 km) from London on the Exeter to Plymouth line via the Reading to Taunton line, at the junction for the branch to Paignton. For many years it was also the junction for Moretonhampstead and the site of a large locomotive workshop. It is operated by First Great Western.
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