South Devon Railway could mean:
- South Devon Railway Company - the company that built the railway from Exeter to Plymouth
- South Devon Railway Trust - the heritage railway from Totnes to Buckfastleigh
Other heritage railways in South Devon include:
- Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway
Other early railways in South Devon include:
- Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway
- Dartmouth and Torbay Railway
- Launceston and South Devon Railway
- Lee Moor Tramway
- Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway
- Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway
- Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway
- South Devon and Tavistock Railway
- Torbay and Brixham Railway
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