BRITISH RAILWAYS (WESTERN 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
Great Western Railway became
British Railways (Western Region). The route into Plymouth and Cornwall was in 1955
as follows:
HEMERDON SIDINGS
to PLYMOUTH MILLBAY STATION
Note A - Mileage
is from London Paddington via Bristol Temple Meads
MILEPOST
MILEAGE (Note A) |
JUNCTION,
SIGNAL BOX OR STATION (Block posts shown in Bold lettering) |
SPEED
RESTRICTION |
|
| 239m 10ch |
|
75mph |
|
| 239m 20ch |
Hemerdon Sidings Signal Box |
| |
|
| 241m 60ch |
|
60mph |
|
| 241m 75ch |
PLYMPTON STATION and Plympton
Signal Box |
| |
|
| 242m 00ch |
|
75mph |
|
| 242m 79ch |
Tavistock Junction Signal Box |
| |
Controlled Tavistock Junction Freight Yard |
| 243m 00ch |
|
45mph |
|
| 243m 08ch |
|
35mph board |
|
| 243m 10ch |
Tavistock Junction |
| |
Junction for the
Tavistock and Launceston Branch |
| 243m 18ch |
|
75mph |
|
| 243m 78ch |
|
40mph board |
|
| 244m 02ch |
Laira Junction Signal Box and Laira Junction |
| |
Junction for
Laira Motive
Power Depot (MPD), Laira Freight Yard and
Sutton Harbour Branch |
| 244m 04ch |
|
75mph |
|
| ? |
Site of
Laira
Green Station closed from 2 April 1849 |
| |
|
| 244m 21ch |
Site of Laira Halt closed
from 7 July 1930 |
| |
|
| 244m 29ch |
Lipson Junction Signal Box |
| |
|
| 244m 35ch |
Lipson Junction |
| |
Junction for the
BR (SR) main line to
Friary
Station and BR (WR) Branch line to
Yealmpton
and the BR (SR)
Cattewater
Branch. |
| 245m 09ch |
Site of
Lipson Vale Halt closed from 4 May 1942 |
| |
|
| 245m 19ch |
Mannamead Signal Box |
| |
|
| 245m 32ch |
Mutley Tunnel |
| |
|
| 245m 40½ch |
Mutley Tunnel ends |
| |
|
| 245m 53ch |
Site of
Mutley Station closed from 2 March 1939 |
| |
|
| 245m 60ch |
|
15mph board |
|
| 245m 62ch |
Plymouth North Road
Station East Signal Box |
| |
|
| 245m 76ch |
PLYMOUTH
NORTH ROAD STATION |
| |
|
| 246m 06ch |
Plymouth North Road
Station West Signal Box |
| |
|
| 246m 10ch |
|
15 mph to Millbay 25 mph board to Cornwall Loop Junction |
|
| 246m 25ch |
Cornwall Junction Signal
Box |
| |
Junction with the
Cornwall Railway line to Saltash |
| 246m 48ch |
Plymouth Millbay Signal
Box |
5mph |
Access to
Millbay Motive Power Depot, Belmont Sidings and the Great Western Docks. |
| 246m 64ch |
PLYMOUTH MILLBAY STATION |
STOP |
|
PLYMOUTH MILLBAY
STATION to SALTASH STATION
For information about the developments on the British
Railways Western Region main line and branches between 1948 and 1973 please
CLICK HERE.
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