South Devon and Tavistock Railway
Dates
| / /1876 | South Devon and Tavistock Railway Converted from Broad Gauge to Mixed Gauge to allow connection to the Standard Gauge Devon and Cornwall Railway. |
| / /1876 | Devon 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. |
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Marsh Mills to Tavistock
This junction, east of Plymouth gave access from the former South Devon Railway to the South Devon and Tavistock Railway. Approach to the branch was from the west. The junction opened in 1859 and the Tavistock [GWR] line was absorbed by the South Devon in 1865, which became part of the Great Western Railway in 1878. Tavistock Junction Yard was developed to the east.
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See also
South Devon Railway
John Yellowlees 24/08/2021
John Yellowlees 24/08/2021
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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
Launceston and South Devon Railway
