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BRITISH RAILWAYS  (SOUTHERN REGION)
MAIN LINE IN 1955

Following the Royal Assent of the Transport Act on August 6th 1947, the four major railway companies, together with the canal system, were nationalised from January 1st 1948 under the management of the British Transport Commission (BTC).

What had been the Southern Railway became British Railways (Southern Region).  The route into Plymouth was in 1955 as follows:

TAMERTON FOLIOT to PLYMOUTH FRIARY

Note B - Mileage is from London Waterloo Station

MILEPOST MILEAGE (Note B)

JUNCTION, SIGNAL BOX OR STATION (Block posts shown in Bold lettering)

SPEED RESTRICTION

  
|

(40mph)
226m 14ch Ernesettle Sidings (Royal Naval Armament Depot) |
227m 14ch St BUDEAUX (VICTORIA ROAD) STATION |
St Budeaux Signal Box |
227m 50ch Site of Weston Mill Halt closed from September 1921 |
Weston Mill Lake Viaduct |
227m 71ch Site of Camel's Head Halt closed from 4 May 1942 |
228m 52ch FORD STATION

25mph
Site of Ford Signal Box closed 1947 |
Ford Viaduct |
Ford Tunnel |
229m 16ch Site of Albert Road Halt closed from 13 January 1947 |
Devonport Park Tunnel |
229m 54ch DEVONPORT (KING'S ROAD) STATION |
Devonport (King's Road) Signal Box

20mph
229m 58ch   | Access to Stonehouse Pool Branch
THE FOLLOWING ARE ON THE BRITISH RAILWAYS (WESTERN REGION)
MAIN LINE
230m 25ch Devonport Junction Signal Box

25mph board
Cornwall Loop Junction |
Plymouth North Road West Signal Box

15mph board
230m 71ch PLYMOUTH NORTH ROAD STATION |
Plymouth North Road East Signal Box |
Site of Mutley Station |
Mutley Tunnel |
Mannamead Signal Box |
- Site of Lipson Vale Halt closed from 4 May 1942 |
232m 31ch Lipson Junction Signal Box and Lipson Junction

15mph
THE FOLLOWING ARE ON THE BRITISH RAILWAYS (WESTERN REGION) YEALMPTON BRANCH
232m 68ch Mount Gould Junction Signal Box and MG Junction | Access to Cattewater Branch
233m 05ch Friary Junction Signal Box and Friary Junction |
THE FOLLOWING ARE ON THE BRITISH RAILWAYS (SOUTHERN REGION)
MAIN LINE
Friary A Signal Box | Junction for the TURNCHAPEL BRANCH and Cattewater Branch
Friary B Signal Box |
233m 79ch PLYMOUTH FRIARY STATION STOP

For information about the developments on the British Railways Southern Region main line and branches between 1948 and 1973 please CLICK HERE.

 

©  Brian Moseley, Plymouth, UK

Page updated:  6 October 2008

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