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RAILWAYS  |  LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY

SUTTON HARBOUR BRANCH

Updated:  13 January 2011 

The branch railway from Plymouth Friary Station to Sutton Harbour ran under Exeter Street by means of a tunnel.  It then crossed Sutton Road on the level before passing behind some warehouses on to North Quay.

It was opened on October 22nd 1879, following the arrival of the London & South Western Railway's arrival in Plymouth over the Great Western Railway's metals of the Tavistock and Launceston Branch.

As from January 1st 1923 the Branch became the Southern Railway Sutton Harbour Branch.

Sources:

[1]  Thomas, David St John, "A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume 1: The West Country", David & Charles (Holdings Ltd), Newton Abbot, Devon, 4th edition, 1973, ISBN 0-7153-6208-9.

©  Brian Moseley, Plymouth, UK

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