3rd and final station of my 2nd day on my Southwest visit is at Newton Abbot the junction with the South Devon Line to Plymouth and Riviera Line to Paignton and it's my 1st time trainspotting there.
1. Departing Platform 2 is a 8 car Class 43 HST on a service from London Paddington to Penzance calling next at Plymouth.
2 & 3. Arriving into Platform 3 is a 7 car CrossCountry HST on a service to Edinburgh via Bristol Temple Meads from Paignton. It departs calling next at Teignmouth whilst arriving on Platform 2 is a 5 car Class 221 Voyager on a CrossCountry service to Paignton from Manchester Piccadilly.
4. The 221 Voyager departs and will diverge onto the Riviera Line calling next at Torquay and then terminating at Paignton.
5 & 6. Arriving next into Platform 3 surprisingly was a Class 57 'Pendennis Castle' loco hauling 3 Mk 3 coaches on a service from St Erth to Exeter St Davids. It departs calling next at Teignmouth.
7. Departing Platform 1 is a 3 car formed of a 2 car Class 150/1 seen earlier that day at Exeter St Thomas and Starcross joined with a 1 car Class 153 in Citizens Rail Livery on a service from Paignton to Exeter Central.
8. Arriving into Platform 1 is a 5 car Class 800 on a service to London Paddington from Paignton then moments later a 3 car led by a Class 153 in plain FGW livery joined with a 2 car Class 150/2 in GWR livery on a service to Plymouth from Exeter St Davids.
9. Just before the Class 800 departs arriving into Platform 2 is a 7 car Class 43 HST running 23 minutes late on a CrossCountry service from York to Penzance. The 800 departs and heads to it's next stop at Teignmouth.
10. The CrossCountry HST departs to it's next stop at Totnes.
11, Arriving into Platform 1 is a 2 car Class 150/2 on a service from Exmouth via Exeter St Davids to Paignton with it's next stop at Torre.
12 & 13. Not far behind arriving into Platform 2 is a 8 car Class 43 HST on a service from London Paddington to Penzance. It departs to it's next stop at Totnes.
14. While a 4 car formed of 2 2 car Class 143 pacers arriving into Platform 1 passing Platform 3 is a 8 car Class 43 HST on a service from Penzance to London Paddington having run non stop from Plymouth with it's next stop at Exeter St Davids.
15. Departing Platform 1 is the 4 car Class 143 pacer to Exmouth from Paignton with it's next stop at Teignmouth.
16 & 17. Arriving next into Platform 2 is a 8 car Class 43 HST hauled by a front Loc 253001 (43002 'Sir Kenneth Grange' in former BR Livery on a service from London Paddington to Paignton. It departs to it's next stop at Torquay before heading to Paignton.
18 & 19. The final train in this video arriving on Platform 3 is a 8 car Class 43 HST on the service from Newquay to London Paddington. It then departs with a GWR Loco at the rear to it's next stop at Exeter St Davids.
Newton Abbot first opened on December 30th 1846 when the South Devon Railway was extended from Teignmouth. The station was once known as just Newton however was renamed in 1877 to Newton Abbot. The station was rebuilt in 1927 which is situated not far from nearby Newton Abbot Racecourse.
At one time there was a junction with the Moretonhampstead Line which originally opened in 1866 however closed to passenger services in 1959 and freight services continued until April 1964 when the line closed for good. The station originally had 4 platforms however was scaled down to 3 when Platform 4 was removed in 1987.
South West Trains once use to run a limited service from Waterloo to Paignton however after a timetable change in December 2009 all of their diesel services now run by South Western Railway was cutback to Exeter St Davids.
For many years Newton Abbot was a open station after the original ticket barriers were removed however Ticket Barriers were re-installed in August 2017.
Filmed on Saturday August 11th 2018 on iPhone 8 and edited on iMovie