Paignton South Devon - The Dartmouth Steam Railway, formerly known as the Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway, is a 6.7-mile (10.8 kilometre) heritage railway on the former Great Western Railway branch line between Paignton and Kingswear in Devon, England.
 
Much of the railway's business is summer tourists from the resorts of Torbay who are transported to Kingswear from where the Dartmouth Passenger Ferry takes them across the River Dart to Dartmouth.
 
The line is owned and operated by Dart Valley Railway plc. This also owns Dart Pleasure Craft Limited which operates the Dartmouth Passenger Ferry as well as river and coastal cruises.
 
The railway and connecting boat and bus services are jointly promoted as the Dartmouth Steam Railway & Riverboat Company.
 
It is unusual amongst heritage railways in that it is a commercial operation so does not rely on volunteer labour or charitable donations, although a few volunteers help at Churston railway station.
 
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