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LINE 5 On July 24th 1882 The Plymouth, Devonport & District Tramways Act received the Royal Assent. The Act authorised the construction of seven tramways in Plymouth and Devonport, of which line 5 would start at a junction with line 1 in Russell Street. From there it was to pass up Morley Street, along Cambridge Street, Oxford Street, Sydney Street, across North Road, along Albert Road (later renamed Bayswater Road), down to Pennycomequick, along Deadlake Lane, Paradise Road and Lower Stoke Road to Fore Street, Devonport, where it would terminate at the corner with Princes Street. This line was 1½ miles long. |
