Bristol to Exeter Line

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heavy rail railway line

The Bristol to Exeter Line is a major railway route in southwest England connecting the cities of Bristol and Exeter and serving as an important corridor for regional and long-distance passenger services.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bristol and Exeter Railway	1
Bristol to Exeter line	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	heavy rail ⓘ railway line ⓘ
alsoUsedFor	freight services ⓘ
connectsCity	Bristol ⓘ Exeter ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
electrification	not electrified ⓘ
formsCorridorBetween	Bristol ⓘ surface form: Bristol conurbation Exeter, Devon, England ⓘ surface form: Exeter travel-to-work area
gauge	standard gauge ⓘ
historicalOperator	Bristol to Exeter Line self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bristol and Exeter Railway Great Western Railway ⓘ surface form: Great Western Railway (original)
importance	principal rail artery in the West of England ⓘ
importantFor	long-distance passenger services ⓘ regional rail transport ⓘ
linkToOtherMainLine	CrossCountry network at Bristol ⓘ CrossCountry network at Exeter ⓘ lines to Birmingham and the North at Bristol ⓘ lines to Penzance at Exeter ⓘ
locatedIn	southwest England ⓘ surface form: South West England
opened	19th century ⓘ
operator	Great Western Railway ⓘ
owner	Network Rail ⓘ
partOf	British railway network ⓘ Great Western Main Line ⓘ surface form: Great Western Main Line network
primaryUse	passenger services ⓘ
regionServed	Bristol ⓘ surface form: City of Bristol Devon ⓘ Somerset ⓘ
routeVia	Bridgwater ⓘ Highbridge and Burnham ⓘ Taunton NERFINISHED ⓘ Weston-super-Mare ⓘ
safetySystem	modern signalling controlled by Network Rail ⓘ
status	operational ⓘ
strategicRole	key north–south route in South West England ⓘ
terminus	Bristol Temple Meads ⓘ surface form: Bristol Temple Meads railway station Exeter St Davids railway station ⓘ
trackConfiguration	double track (predominantly) ⓘ
usedByServiceType	inter-city services ⓘ local commuter services ⓘ regional stopping services ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bristol to Exeter Line → historicalOperator → Bristol to Exeter Line self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bristol and Exeter Railway

Exeter St Davids → onLine → Bristol to Exeter Line ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bristol to Exeter line

Bristol Temple Meads → railwayLine → Bristol to Exeter Line ⓘ