Launceston and South Devon Railway



Dates

  /  /1876Devon and Cornwall Railway
Connection opened south of Lydford [LSW] station to the 1865 Launceston and South Devon Railway and, beyond that, the 1859 South Devon and Tavistock Railway. These had been converted to Mixed Gauge in 1876 to allow trains to run over it to reach Plymouth.
  /  /1943Launceston and South Devon Railway
North Cornwall Railway
The Railway Executive opens a connection from east of Launceston [GWR] to the North Cornwall Railway.

Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

This was a station with a trainshed and main building on the east side, with a goods shed on the west. It became a Great Western Railway station and was south east of the town, over the River Tavy. The competing London and South Western Railway station was to the north of the town.
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See also
South Devon and Tavistock Railway












This was the terminus of the Launceston and South Devon Railway an extension from Tavistock [GWR] of the South Devon and Tavistock Railway from Plymouth (Tavistock Junction). It was a generously built terminus in the north of Launceston, with the line approaching from the east. The passenger station was to the south of the layout, with an engine shed to the east and goods yard ...

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