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SUTTON HARBOUR BRANCH

The railway line from Laira (Crabtree) to Sutton Harbour was originally laid by the Plymouth & Dartmoor Railway but was taken over by the South Devon Railway in 1850s.  The P&DR trackwork was eventually removed below Cattewater Junction.  The SDR had a goods station at Coxside.

As from February 1st 1876 the South Devon Railway was taken over by the Great Western Railway.

They re-laid the Sutton Harbour Branch and re-opened it on November 6th 1876, just after the London & South Western Railway opened its branch.  [1]

• SEE GWR Sutton Harbour Branch - The Route, 1947.

On January 1st 1948 this became the British Railways (Western Region) Sutton Harbour Branch.

Sources:

[1]

 

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