Devonport Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Devonport Junction (1876-1964)Opened on the Cornwall Railway.
Opened on the Devon and Cornwall Railway.
Description
This was the junction for a London and South Western Railway branch (later part of their main line). The signal box was on the north side of the line.
In 1876 the London and South Western Railway opened a branch south west to Devonport (LSW) (extended to Stonehouse Pool Quay in 1886. The junction gained greater importance when the Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway was opened from Lydford (LSW) (to the north) through Bere Alston and Devonport Kings Road to reach the existing branch in 1890.
The London and South Western Railway ceased to be a through route in 1964. The branch closed in 1971.
Wingfield Villas Halt was just to the west of the junction on the former Cornwall Railway.
Tags
Junction04/07/2023
| Nearby stations Wingfield Villas Halt Plymouth Devonport Kings Road Devonport [LSW] Devonport Plymouth Millbay Albert Road Halt Mutley Ford (Devon) Dockyard [Devonport] GW Ocean Terminal Ford Halt Plymouth Friary Keyham Camel^s Head Halt | Cornwall Loop Junction Devonport Goods Cornwall Junction Plymouth North Road Junction Devonport Albert Road Junction Devonport Park Tunnel Devonport Tunnel [LSW] Devonport Tunnel Mutley Tunnel Keyham Viaduct Stonehouse Pool Quay Plymouth North Quay Sutton Harbour Sutton Harbour Dockyard Junction [Devonport] |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
