Plymouth Railway Station

Plymouth railway station serves the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. It is on the northern edge of the city centre, close to the North Cross roundabout. It Is the second busiest station in the county of Devon, and is the largest of the six surviving stations in the city, being the only one served by InterCity trains. The station is managed by Great Western Railway, being on the Exeter to Plymouth line, 245mi down-line from via the Great Western Main Line. Plymouth is also the junction for the Cornish Main Line to Penzance and the Tamar Valley Line to Gunnislake. Services are operated by Great Western Railway and CrossCountry. The Panel Signal Box at the station controls all trains between (but not at) in Devon, and in Cornwall. HistoryOriginally named Plymouth North Road, it was opened in 1877 as a joint station for the Great Western Railway (GWR) and the London and South Western Railway (LSWR). It was expanded in 1908 but a major rebuilding scheme that started in 1938 was delayed by the Second World War and was not completed until 1962. John Betjeman commented unfavourably on its new form in his introduction to The Book of the Great Western: Plymouth (North Road) dullest of stations and no less dull now it has been rebuilt in copybook contemporary.

Plymouth railway station serves the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. It is on the northern edge of the city centre, close to the North Cross roundabout. It Is the second busiest station in the county of Devon, and is the largest of the six surviving stations in the city, being the only one served by InterCity trains. The station is managed by Great Western Railway, being on the Exeter to Plymouth line, 245mi down-line from via the Great Western Main Line. Plymouth is also the junction for the Cornish Main Line to Penzance and the Tamar Valley Line to Gunnislake. Services are operated by Great Western Railway and CrossCountry. The Panel Signal Box at the station controls all trains between (but not at) in Devon, and in Cornwall. HistoryOriginally named Plymouth North Road, it was opened in 1877 as a joint station for the Great Western Railway (GWR) and the London and South Western Railway (LSWR). It was expanded in 1908 but a major rebuilding scheme that started in 1938 was delayed by the Second World War and was not completed until 1962. John Betjeman commented unfavourably on its new form in his introduction to The Book of the Great Western: Plymouth (North Road) dullest of stations and no less dull now it has been rebuilt in copybook contemporary.