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It had reached St Davids station in Exeter in 1844 and was allied with the Great Western Railway (GWR) with which it connected at Bristol, forming a continuous route from London. The South Devon Railway (SDR) continued the line westward from Exeter to reach Plymouth in 1848. These broad gauge 'associated companies' formed a powerful group ...
The station was expanded ready for the opening of the Cornwall Railway on 4 May 1859 and the South Devon and Tavistock Railway on 22 June 1859. Initially known as just 'Plymouth', it became 'Plymouth Millbay' after other stations were opened in the town in 1876–7 at Mutley and North Road. [25] [26]
The Exeter–Plymouth line, also called the South Devon Main Line, is a central part of the trunk railway line between London Paddington and Penzance in the southern United Kingdom. It is a major branch of the Great Western Main Line and runs from Exeter St Davids to Plymouth, from where it continues as the Cornish Main Line.
Stations opened after the SDR was absorbed by the GWR in 1876 are shown in italic. [1] [36] [37] [35] Exeter to Plymouth. Exeter St Davids - Bristol and Exeter Railway station used by arrangement; St Thomas (Exeter) - renamed St Thomas in April 1853; renamed Exeter St Thomas May 1897; Exminster - opened late August 1852; closed 30 March 1964 ...
The South Devon Railway Company commissioned Isambard Kingdom Brunel to develop its route between Exeter St Davids to Teignmouth. [1] Having physically surveyed all route options, based on the reason of the substantial cost savings against tunnelling through the steep South Devon hills, Brunel proposed a route that followed the coastline created through a combination of dynamite and quarrying ...
The History of a Railway: The Salisbury and Yeovil Railway: A Centenary Reprint. Dawlish: David Charles. Thomas, David St John (1988). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume 1: The West Country (6th ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-946537-17-8. Weddell, G.R. (March 2001). LSWR Carriages in the 20th Century.
The station was the scene of a fatal railway accident on 24 September 1917. Ten soldiers from New Zealand were being transported from Plymouth to Salisbury following their arrival in Britain. At Bere Ferrers station they alighted from their troop train for a brief rest (on the wrong side of the train, between the tracks) and, being unaccustomed ...
The route was originally part of the London and South Western Railway's route from Exeter to Plymouth, which was opened between 1865 and 1879. In 1968, British Rail closed the line beyond Meldon (two miles beyond Okehampton) as part of the Beeching cuts. The Exeter to Okehampton passenger service was withdrawn by British Rail in 1972.