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South Devon station, with a broad, shared, central island platform. The connecting line remained in place until 1895, although it was only used for wagon exchange. The two stations were operated separately until March 1914 when a joint economy initiative led to common operation here. In 1916 the separate signal boxes were abolished, control passing to a new common signal box that had two lever frames, one on each side of the operating floor, for the respective routes.
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throughout, but at the last moment, when the Bill came before Lord
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opened a station adjacent as part of its main line, which crossed over the South Devon route east of the town. The two companies kept separate stations for many years but from August 1915 they were operated under a common management, and on 31 December 1916 the SD&LR signal box was abolished, and
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Tavistock line at Yelverton was provided with two platforms; the Princetown line had a single platform, and the main line connection faced Tavistock. The branch platform was sharply curved; a five-sided waiting room was provided between the platforms. A 23 feet 6 inches (7.16 metres)
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There was period of anxiety in May, when it was rumoured that the House of Lords would compel the Company to introduce a clause for the narrow gauge to be adopted over the whole of the line, and even to carry it into Plymouth. The Lords did not, in fact, insist on the narrow gauge being laid
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The viaducts were of the type classified as Continuous Laminated Beam. There were three longitudinal beams supporting the deck; these were in turn supported by the fans of four raking timbers springing from stone piers. On reconstruction the viaducts were built as stone arches.
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Plym Bridge Platform was opened by the Great Western Railway on 1 May 1906 and was mainly used by people visiting the nearby countryside. Constructed of timber at first, it was rebuilt in concrete in 1949. There was no lighting, and early and late trains did not call.
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to Plymouth, opening to a temporary station at Laira Green on 5 May 1848. It extended to its Plymouth terminus at Millbay on 2 April 1849 for passengers, with goods traffic starting on 1 May 1849. Continuous rail transport from Plymouth to London was now possible.
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that spanned the two platforms and three tracks. The station was situated on the hillside close to the town centre. The original buildings were of timber, but they were badly damaged by a fire in 1887 and were replaced by a stone structure.
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When railmotors were introduced on GWR branches, they worked on these lines as far as Tavistock. They were replaced later with class 517 type engines fitted for auto-train working. From the 1920s the 45XX and 44XX type were dominant.
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D&CR re-applied for powers to build independent lines at Plymouth, and this led to an agreement to facilitate separate goods accommodation at Plymouth for the D&CR, and to provide a new Plymouth station at North Road.
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in 1906. A passing loop was provided, but it was removed in 1892, leaving in use just the platform on the right of trains going towards Launceston. Goods traffic was only handled until 11 August 1941.
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1651:Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1998).
1605:Brunel's Timber Bridges and Viaducts
1407:History of the Great Western Railway
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653:in 1898, following criticism by the
1841:Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton
2634:Standard gauge railways in England
2614:Great Western Railway constituents
1811:Cheltenham and Great Western Union
1718:. Didcot: Wild Swan Publications.
1714:Beck, Keith; Copsey, John (1990).
1502:. Clophill: Irwell Press Limited.
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1557:. Wimborne: The Dovecote Press.
1531:(1). Pendragon Publishing: 4–13.
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2562:Two Brunel £2 coins in 2006
2434:University of Caen Normandy
2382:Fellow of the Royal Society
2361:Crystal Palace water towers
1831:Great Western and Brentford
1578:Kingdom, Anthony R (2001).
1470:Awdry, Christopher (1990).
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2464:Sarah Guppy
2346:Broad gauge
2037:Avon Bridge
1856:South Wales
1846:South Devon
1150:engine shed
1123: /
1095:new station
1048:Horrabridge
1042:Horrabridge
900:Marsh Mills
785:probably 10
565:Broad gauge
560:Locomotives
510:Marsh Mills
497:overnight.
346:Crimean War
295:broad gauge
269:It was the
75:mixed gauge
63:broad gauge
2598:Categories
2341:Baulk road
2281:Archimedes
2174:Box Tunnel
2148:Usk Bridge
2077:St Pinnock
1996:St Germans
1977:Paddington
1937:Chippenham
1917:Bridgwater
1525:Back Track
1344:References
1280:Launceston
1142:train shed
1129: (
1107:50°32′50″N
1079:Whitchurch
1012:Clearbrook
1003:Clearbrook
986:Dewerstone
925:china clay
921:china clay
506:china clay
481:Following
471:Okehampton
370:Launceston
191:c. clxxxix
103:Princetown
2545:NR Brunel
2001:Salisbury
1932:Charlbury
1927:Charfield
1866:Taff Vale
1334:MacDermot
1212:When the
1185:Mary Tavy
1181:Mary Tavy
1110:4°08′39″W
1055:Yelverton
1029:turntable
1018:Yelverton
967:Bickleigh
953:Bickleigh
851:1101 feet
814:not known
651:Tavistock
495:Bickleigh
287:Tavistock
2531:SS
2424:(mother)
2418:(father)
2409:Personal
2279:SS
2263:SS
2248:SS
2240:SS
1972:Mortimer
1967:Liskeard
1947:Crediton
1912:Bridgend
1902:Bath Spa
1816:Cornwall
1784:Railways
906:Plympton
828:300 feet
782:570 feet
759:501 feet
736:372 feet
713:324 feet
673:Viaducts
647:Plymouth
602:Bulkeley
529:route 27
309: in
256:Citation
184:Citation
107:Plymouth
1250:Coryton
1244:Coryton
1207:Lidford
1195:Lydford
857:66 feet
834:60 feet
811:66 feet
805:66 feet
788:65 feet
765:65 feet
742:65 feet
719:62 feet
699:Rebuilt
687:Mileage
613:Ostrich
609:Melling
586:Giraffe
582:Brigand
578:Corsair
543:⁄
358:Millbay
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130:US flag
88:History
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2016:Yatton
2006:Stroud
1952:Culham
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690:Length
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590:Castor
263:c. cii
118:Exeter
1307:Notes
881:Route
617:Heron
196:Dates
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768:1893
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684:Name
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