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Callington Branch (Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway)

Locations along the line

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Bere Alston

This was a through station on the London and South Western Railway's line to Devonport and Plymouth. Today it remains open with trains from Plymouth reversing here to reach Gunnislake, the line north east from here being closed.
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Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway

The signal box at Bere Alston . This builing has survived and still stands but not in use as a signal box in 2023. ...
Doug Nicholls /6/1969

FGW Sprinter 150131 waits alongside Bere Alston station building on a Gunnislake to Plymouth service. Behind, while the driver walks to the other end ...
Mark Bartlett 29/07/2015

A DMU on the Plymouth - Gunnislake route stands at Bere Alston station in June 1991. The trackbed of the former line to Okehampton and beyond turns ...
Ian Dinmore /06/1991

The guard of the 1054 from Plymouth changes the points at Bere Alston allowing the Sprinter to reverse and continue to Calstock and Gunnislake. This ...
Mark Bartlett 29/07/2015

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Calstock Viaduct

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The impressive view of the Tamar with Calstock on the left, looking north from 150124 on a service from Gunnislake to Plymouth crossing from Cornwall ...
David Bosher 11/03/2017

A view of Calstock and the River Tamar, still tidal at this point, viewed from Sprinter 150216 crossing the viaduct. This view looking north, upstream ...
David Prescott 01/06/2018

Calstock viaduct, striding across the River Tamar, which is 120' below and still tidal at this point. The viaduct is Grade II listed and a Transport ...
Mark Bartlett 29/07/2015

View towards Calstock Viaduct in the Spring of 2011. The 850' long 12-arch viaduct, completed in 1908, carries trains on the Gunnislake branch between ...
Ian Dinmore 19/04/2011

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Calstock

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FGW Sprinter 150131 is about to leave Calstock for Gunnislake after dropping off a party of ramblers. The tightly curved platform just accommodated ...
Mark Bartlett 29/07/2015

A Gunnislake service at Calstock, Cornwall, in 1996. ...
Ian Dinmore //1996

Quiet interlude at Calstock station in July 2015. The famous viaduct starts immediately beyond the boarded foot crossing at the east end of the ...
Mark Bartlett 29/07/2015

DMU in Calstock Church cutting on the Gunnislake branch in October 1992. ...
Ian Dinmore /10/1992

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Callington Branch (Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway)

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Bere Alston

Calstock Viaduct

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