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PASSENGER TRAIN FARES - MAY 1848

Updated: 06 April 2011

The following table shows the passenger train fares charged on Ordinary Trains from Plymouth Station for the period of May 1854:

PLYMOUTH TO	SINGLE FARES			RETURN FARES
	1st class	2nd class	3rd class	1st class	2nd class
Totnes	4s 10d	3s 4d	1s 9d	Cost 1/3rd more than the equivalent single fare.	Cost 1/3rd more than the equivalent single fare.
Exeter	11s 6d	8s 0d	4s 2d
London Paddington	46s 0d (£2 6s 0d)	38s 0d (£1 18s 0d)	20s 3d

Return tickets were not issued to third class passengers and were 'available for use on the South Devon Railway line on the same day only'. Return tickets were not transferable.

Third class fares were calculated at the rate of 1d per mile; 2nd class were less than 2d per mile; first class were less than 3d per mile.

For luggage regulations see the timetable webpage (link below).

SEE South Devon Railway Passenger Trains Timetable, May 1848.

Source:

"South Devon Railway Time Table", Plymouth, Devonport & Stonehouse Herald, Plymouth, May 13th 1848.