Devonport station, looking east

Devonport railway station serves the Devonport area of Plymouth, UK. Services are operated by First Great Western Devonport, in Devon, was formerly called Plymouth Dock. ... Plymouth is a city in the South West of England, or alternatively the Westcountry, and is situated within the traditional county of Devon. ... First Great Western is a British train operating company owned by First Group, which operates services principally on the Great Western Main Line. ...

The station is in a cutting at the top of an incline up from Plymouth. Immediately to the west of the station the line curves sharply to the right and enters a short tunnel.

The entrance is on the platform served by trains to Gunnislake and Saltash. A second platform is reached by footbridge that is served by trains to Plymouth. The station, looking northeastward Saltash railway station serves the town of Saltash in Cornwall, UK. It is situated on the south side of the town between the Royal Albert Bridge over the River Tamar and Coombe Viaduct which spans a small tributary of the same river. ... Plymouth station Plymouth railway station serves the city of Plymouth, Devon, UK. It is the largest of the six railway stations in the city, and the only one served by Intercity trains. ...

To walk to Devonport, turn right out of the station, right again over the tunnel. On reaching the main road, Torpoint Ferry and the shops are down the hill to your left. To walk to Stoke, turn left out of the station and at the main road turn left again. The Torpoint Ferry is a car and pedestrian ferry crossing the Hamoaze, a stretch of water at the mouth of the River Tamar, between Keyham in Plymouth and Torpoint in Cornwall. ...

History

The station opened with the Cornwall Railway on 4 May 1859. It was described at the time as "built of rubble masonry, in the Italian style of architecture, which style is adopted at all stations on the railway. It consists of an arrival, departure, and goods stations, the two former being stone structures, and the last a wooden erection". The goods shed was in front of the station near the tunnel entrance. The Cornwall Railway was a broad gauge railway (7 feet 0. ... May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ...

In 1865 the Royal Agricultural Show was held at nearby at Pennycomequick and so the opportunity was taken to enlarge the platforms at Devonport. A "refreshment booth" was also erected for the duration of the show to cater for the large number of visitors expected. 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ...

The Cornwall Railway was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway on 1 July 1889. The Great Western Railway was nationalised into British Railways from 1 January 1948 which was in turn privatised in the 1990s. The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Nationalization is the act of taking assets into state ownership. ... British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system, from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ...

For a while after 1948 the station was known as Devonport Albert Road to distinguish it from the ex-London and South Western Railway station in Kings Road (now the site of the college). It has now reverted to Devonport; it is unstaffed and the original buildings have been demolished. 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... The London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1840 to 1923. ...

References

• The records of the Cornwall Railway can be consulted at The National Archives at Kew.
• West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, Railway Special Edition, 1859.

The National Archives building at Kew. ...

External links

• Train times and station information for Devonport railway station from National Rail
• Map of Devonport railway station from Multimap.com

• British Railway Stations - Devonport