for the railway's operational engines and carriages. The line has since been transferred to the Dartmouth Steam Railway. Location The station is sandwiched between two level crossings. At the north (Torquay) end of the station is the busy crossing over Torbay Road. It has a footbridge to allow people to cross the line on foot when the crossing is closed for a train to pass. At the opposite end is the quieter Sands Road crossing, which is used when trains are running on to the carriage sidings or when the heritage line to Kingswear is in operation. Because of this the two lines over this crossing are operated as single tracks with trains running in either direction on both. Both platforms have step-free access; passengers unable to use the footbridge are able to pass from one platform to the other over the Torbay Road level crossing at the north end of the platforms. Platform layout Most trains both arrive and depart from this platform (number 2). If a train is not returning immediately towards Newton Abbot it may arrive at platform 1 and continue over Sands Road Level Crossing into the carriage sidings, returning later to Platform 2. This is because there is no crossover which allows passenger trains to start northwards from Platform 1. It is possible for short trains to shunt out of platform 1 towards Newton Abbot and return to platform 2 when it is vacant. The Dartmouth Steam Railway has its own independent platform and entrance on the south side of the station. Their locomotives are coaled in the shunting neck adjacent to the approach road but the shed is at the far end of the station. Services Paignton is served by Great Western Railway local trains on an approximately half-hourly basis during the day Monday to Friday. Most trains run to and from Exmouth; on Sundays the service is less frequent. A few long-distance trains also run to/from Paignton. These include Great Western Railway services to London Paddington station and CrossCountry services to Manchester Piccadilly. At other times, passengers wishing to make long-distance journeys should change at . The Dartmouth Steam Railway also operate services to Kingswear railway station, every day between April and November, as well as some additional running outside of this. Former services From the mid 1990s until December 2009 South West Trains operated up to three return trains to/from London Waterloo