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<p>supported by the <a href="page.php?w=Devon_and_Cornwall_Rail_Partnership">Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership</a> and passenger numbers on the line have more than tripled since 2001.</p>

<p><big> History </big></p>
<p><big> Background and construction </big></p>
<p>The first proposals relating to what would become the Tarka Line originated in the 1820s, when it was proposed that a railway line might be built from Crediton to <a href="page.php?w=Exeter_Quay">Exeter Quay</a>. Authority was obtained to build this line by the <a href="page.php?w=Exeter_and_Crediton_Railway_Act_1832">Exeter and Crediton Railway Act 1832</a></p><p>
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