Dartmouth Steam Railway - (Goodrington Sands,Station) — Attraction in Great Britain

Only runs Paignton-Kingswear and back now, with no stop in between, they used to have it, but closed the intermediate stops in 2020 due to COVID and the railtours bring in enough money they cannot be bothered to stop at the intermediate stops, as they make back the money they loose from not using those stops through railtours they still stop at Churston but not for passengers, just for passing trains, they claim its something to do with not being able to see the front of the train, but i feel like just hiring more staff could fix that problem, this railway unlike most heritage railways is a Limited company not a charity, so there is no financial incentive to reopen the intermediate stations so they cannot be bothered to do it, they have some decent locomotives however, but no place for enthusiasts, if your just going for a steam train ride, then its fine but they dont even run events other than train of lights at christmas and you have to book for that in like august otherwise it sells out so its not even appealing to anybody other than people who just want a steam train ride, i dont reccomend it, if you want a long heritage line, do the West Somerset, if you want one in Devon do the South...

We had a good time travelling to Kingswear and back. We had a walk on the SW Coast Path and a snack from the Petit Pantry by the station in between. We noticed a later train had a lot of fancy dining cars which looked fun and you could upgrade to the Pullman Observation car for an extra £3. You can't catch this train from Goodrington station...only from Paignton (there is a good...

Awesome Steam Train ride from Paignton to Kingswear. We did the family ticket which included pedestrian crossings on the ferry from Kingswear to Dartmouth. The return ticket cost £70 for a family of 4. Just note, you cannot get on this train anywhere other than Paignton. The only stop is Kingswear. Carriages are a bit under the weather but it adds to the authenticity of the...