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{{short description|Local railway line in Devon, England}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox rail line | name = Tarka Line | logo = Tarka line logo.svg | logo_width = 120px | logo_alt = | image = Umberleigh - GWR 158959 crossing the river.JPG | image_alt = | caption = Crossing the [[River Taw]] at [[Umberleigh]] | type = [[Community rail]] | system = [[National Rail]] | status = Open | locale = [[Devon]], England | start = {{Stnlnk|Exeter St Davids}}<br />{{coord|50.7291|-3.5438|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline|name=Exeter St Davids station}} | end = {{Stnlnk|Barnstaple}}<br />{{coord|51.0740|-4.0635|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline|name=Barnstaple station}} | stations = 13 | open = 1851β1854 | ridership2 = 0.758 million (2023)<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://dcrp.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/branch-line-figures-to-2023.pdf | title=Devon & Cornwall branch lines - Full calendar year (RSP P10 - P9) | website=dcrp.org.uk}}</ref> | owner = [[Network Rail]] | operator = [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]] | depot = [[Exeter TMD]] | stock = {{brc|158}} or {{brc|166}} [[Diesel multiple unit|DMUs]] | linelength = {{convert|39|mi|km|2|abbr=on}} | tracks = | gauge = {{RailGauge|sg|allk=on}} | old_gauge = {{RailGauge|84.25in|allk=on}} | minradius = | speed = | map = [[File:Tarka Line.png|280px]]<br />([[:commons:File:Tarka Line.png|Click to expand]]) | map_state = uncollapsed }} {{Tarka Line}} The '''Tarka Line''', also known as the '''North Devon Line''',<ref>{{cite book |last=Nicholas |first=John |year=1992 |title=The North Devon Line: Exeter to Barnstaple Railway from Inception to the Present Day |publisher=O.P.C. Railprint |isbn=978-0860934615 |ref=none}}</ref> is a local railway line in Devon, England, linking the city of [[Exeter]] with the town of [[Barnstaple]] via a number of local villages, operated by [[Great Western Railway]] (GWR). The line opened in 1851 from Exeter to Crediton and in 1854 the line was completed through to Barnstaple. The line was taken over by the [[London and South Western Railway]] (LSWR) in 1865 and later became part of the [[Southern Railway (UK)|Southern Railway]] and then [[British Rail]]. In 2001, following privatisation, [[Wessex Trains]] introduced the name ''Tarka Line'' after the eponymous character in Henry Williamson's book ''[[Tarka the Otter]]''. The line was transferred to [[First Great Western]] in 2006. It is one of the railway lines supported by the [[Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership]] and passenger numbers on the line have more than tripled since 2001.
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