Plymouth, Lipson Vale Halt (GWR)

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LIPSON VALE HALT (GWR)

Lipson Vale Halt was located where Ashford Road goes under the former Great Western Railway main line into Alexandra Road. It was adjacent to the rear of Church of St Augustine and the old Lipson Farm.

This picture is looking towards Mutley and Plymouth North Road and was apparently taken in 1922.

Lipson Vale Halt on the Great Western main line at Plymouth

Albert Road Halt was located in th

The Halt was opened The Halt was opened from Wednesday June 1st 1904 for the use of the GWR's new Railmotor Service. Trains to and from the Yealmpton Branch and the Tavistock and Launceston Branch also called. Lipson Vale Halt was later used by Southern Railway local trains between Friary Station and St Budeaux or Bere Alston, which continued to call after the Great Western trains ceased using it on Sunday July 6th 1930.

In 1932, for example, the first Southern train was at 6.18pm, bound for St Budeaux, a journey of about twenty minutes. The last train to call was the 5.10pm from Bere Aslton to Friary at 5.36pm. There was no Sunday service.

This seems to have been the only Halt in the Plymouth area where the platforms were shortened, this happening around March 1933, it is said.

Lipson Vale Halt was closed from Sunday March 22nd 1942, following bombing in the area, and removed on either Wednesday April 8th or Monday May 4th 1942 because the wooden platforms were a fire hazard to the nearby houses.