Plymouth
Location type
Major stationNames and dates
Plymouth North Road (1877-1958)Plymouth (1958-)
Station code: PLY National Rail
Where: West and South West England, England
Opened on the South Devon Railway.
| Nearby stations Mutley Wingfield Villas Halt Plymouth Friary Plymouth Millbay Lipson Vale Halt Devonport Kings Road GW Ocean Terminal Devonport [LSW] Devonport Lucas Terrace Halt Albert Road Halt Ford (Devon) Dockyard [Devonport] Mount Gould and Tothill Halt Ford Halt | Plymouth North Road Junction Cornwall Loop Junction Cornwall Junction Mutley Tunnel Devonport Junction Plymouth North Quay Devonport Goods Sutton Harbour Sutton Harbour Devonport Albert Road Junction Devonport Park Tunnel Devonport Tunnel [LSW] Devonport Tunnel Deadman^s Bay Quarry Tourist/other Cattewater Harbour |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /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. |
| / /1968 | Devon and Cornwall Railway Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway Line ceased to be a through route and an alternative route between Exeter St Davids and Plymouth. Line closed from Meldon Quarry to Bere Alston. Stations closed at Bridestowe, Lydford [LSW], Brentnor and Tavistock [LSWR]. |
