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The Exeter to Plymouth line, also called the South Devon Main Line, is a central part of the trunk railway line between and in the southern United Kingdom. It is a major branch of the Great Western Main Line and runs from Exeter, to Plymouth, from where it continues as the Cornish Main Line. It was one of the principal routes of the Great Western Railway which in 1948 became part of the Western Region of British Railways and are now part of the Network Rail system. All services on the line were suspended after the line collapsed at Dawlish during storms on 5 February 2014,〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26062712〕 but the line reopened on 4 April 2014 after extensive reconstruction work. ==History== The line only became a through route on 2 July 1906 when the Langport and Castle Cary Railway was completed. Before this, from 5 May 1848, through trains from London to Plymouth had run ''via'' : this is often called the "Great Way Round" and a few trains still take this route. The various sections of line were opened: *Exeter to – 30 May 1846 *Teignmouth to Newton – 30 December 1846〔 * Newton to – 20 July 1847〔 * Totnes to – 5 May 1848〔 * Laira to Plymouth – 2 April 1849〔 The Reading to Hungerford section was promoted as the Berks and Hants Railway; from there to Patney & Chirton by the Berks and Hants Extension Railway; and from Westbury to Castle Cary by the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway. The section from Cogload Junction to Exeter was built by the Bristol and Exeter Railway, which company's Yeovil branch became part of the new main line between Curry Rivel Junction and Athelney Junction, and including station. The section between Exeter and Plymouth was built by the South Devon Railway Company. The nominally independent companies had all been amalgamated into the Great Western Railway by 1 February 1876, and the remaining broad gauge lines were closed on 20 May 1892 and converted to standard gauge over the following weekend. A series of cut-off lines were constructed during the following 15 years which saw the through route established. The Great Western was nationalised on 1 January 1948 as part of the new British Railways. In 1977 the Parliamentary Select Committee on Nationalised Industries recommended considering electrification of more of Britain's rail network, and by 1979 BR presented a range of options to do so by 2000. Some included electrifying the Bristol to Exeter line, Exeter to Plymouth Line, Riviera Line and Cornish Main Line. Under the 1979–90 Conservative governments that succeeded the 1976–79 Labour government the proposal was not implemented. Currently, there are no proposals to electrify the line. Resignalling in the 1980s allowed faster running. This was followed by privatisation in the 1990s, being transferred first to Railtrack and then to its successor Network Rail. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Exeter to Plymouth Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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