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PLYMOUTH NORTH ROAD STATION - STATISTICS
The following statistics show the number of Great Western Railway tickets, excluding season
tickets; the number of GWR season tickets sold and
the receipts generated at Plymouth's North Road Station.
The number of staff employed at the Station stood at 31 in 1903. It reached 103 in
1931 and was 122 people in 1940, most, if not all, male.
These figures originated from Mr C R Clinker (1906-83), Great Western Railway historian.
| YEAR |
NOTE |
TICKETS
ISSUED |
SEASON
TICKETS |
RECEIPTS |
| 1903 |
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204,339 |
461 |
£36,070 |
| 1905 |
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239,114 |
605 |
£49,313 |
| 1913 |
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246,245 |
710 |
£52,287 |
| 1923 |
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352,153 |
736 |
£136,364 |
| 1929 |
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321,890 |
425 |
£156,037 |
| 1930 |
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290,857 |
539 |
£157,306 |
| 1931 |
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270,940 |
765 |
£149,430 |
| 1932 |
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262,063 |
1,270 |
£137,160 |
| 1933 |
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245,459 |
3,464 |
£131,633 |
| 1934 |
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253,685 |
4,501 |
£135,333 |
| 1935 |
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247,457 |
4,767 |
£135,884 |
| 1936 |
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250,352 |
5,253 |
£149,997 |
| 1937 |
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268,139 |
5,702 |
£166,476 |
| 1938 |
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252,461 |
5,011 |
£171,677 |
| 1939 |
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290,067 |
4,768 |
£210,701 |
| 1940 |
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370,857 |
1,830 |
£372,961 |
Read similar
statistics for Plymouth Millbay Station.......... |
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corresponding figures for the Southern Railway from 1935
until 1940 are: |
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| 1935 |
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33,268 |
198 |
£10,545 |
| 1936 |
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32,422 |
266 |
£10,784 |
| 1937 |
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35,657 |
268 |
£12,989 |
| 1938 |
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31,445 |
192 |
£11,346 |
| 1939 |
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33,607 |
194 |
£14,784 |
| 1940 |
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41,964 |
79 |
£22,184 |
Earlier figures for the London & South Western and Southern Railways have not survived.
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