Riviera Line Riviera Line The Riviera Line is a local railway line that links the city of Exeter with the "English Riviera" resorts of Torbay in Devon, England. It is linked with the Exeter to Plymouth Line with which it shares the route along the South Devon sea wall. It is part of the Network Rail Route 12 ( to ). The line from Exeter to was opened by the South Devon Railway Company on 30 May 1846 and was extended to on 30 December 1846. After the company had completed its main line to Plymouth it opened a branch from Newton
French Riviera Ventimiglia to La Spezia). As early as the 19th century, the British referred to the region as the "Riviera" or the "French Riviera", usually referring to the eastern part of the coast, between Monaco and the Italian border. Originally, "riviera" is an Italian noun which means "coastline". The name "Côte d'Azur" was given to the coast by the writer Stéphen Liégeard in his book, "La Côte d’azur", published in December 1887. Liégeard was born in Dijon, in the French department of Côte-d'Or, and adapted that name by substituting the azure blue colour of the Mediterranean for the gold of Côte-d'Or.