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RAILWAYS  |  RAILWAY STATIONS INDEX

ALBERT ROAD HALT

Updated:  10 September 2011 

Albert Road Halt was located in the gap between the Ford and Devonport Park tunnels on the Southern Railway main line.  It was adjacent to Albert Road.

Although it has been claimed that Albert Road Halt was opened on October 1st 1906, the wording in the announcement in the Western Daily Mercury newspaper on Wednesday September 26th 1906 about the start of the suburban service to Saint Budeaux, suggests that the Halt was opened that day.

Extract of a map showing the location of stations in Devonport

The Southern Railway's Albert Road Halt
is at top left, to the west of the Devonport
GWR Station.

Although it was probably a well-used Halt in its early days, by March 1942 the service could hardly be described as intensive.   The 7.34am train from Plymouth Friary called at 7.48am and the 1.22pm train called at 1.40pm.   On Saturdays there was an additional service when the 12.10pm from Friary stopped at 12.26pm.  No trains going in to Plymouth stopped at the Halt.

Albert Road Halt was closed from Saturday January 13th 1947, prior to Nationalisation.

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©  Brian Moseley, Plymouth, UK

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