Dockyard railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Devonport | ||
| Local authority | Plymouth | ||
| Coordinates | Coordinates: | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | DOC | ||
| Managed by | First Great Western | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
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| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 5,088 | ||
| 2005/06 * | 4,895 | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 1905 | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dockyard from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Dockyard railway station is a First Great Western suburban station on the Cornish Main Line in Devonport, Plymouth, United Kingdom. As the name implies it serves Devonport Dockyard. It is also served by services on the Tamar Valley Line 1.75 miles (3 km) west of Plymouth.
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[edit] History
This station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 1 June 1905, one of many halts built to combat the competition from electric trams.[1]
The Great Western Railway was nationalised into British Railways from 1 January 1948 which was in turn privatised in the 1990s.
[edit] Services
Dockyard is served by Tamar Valley Line services from Plymouth to Gunnislake,[2] and also by a few trains on the Cornish Main Line to and from Penzance, some of which continue eastwards beyond Plymouth towards Exeter St Davids.[3]
Trains only stop on request – this means that passengers alighting here must tell the conductor that they wish to do so, and those waiting to join must signal clearly to the driver as the train approaches.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Devonport | First Great Western | Keyham | ||
[edit] Community railway
The railway from Plymouth to Gunnislake is designated as a community railway and is supported by marketing provided by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership. The line is promoted under the "Tamar Valley Line" name. It is also part of the Dartmoor Sunday Rover network of integrated bus and rail routes.
[edit] References
- ^ Oakley, Mike (2007). Devon Railway Stations. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press. ISBN 1-904349-55-6.
- ^ National Rail Timetable 139 (Winter 2007) (PDF). Network Rail.
- ^ National Rail Timetable 135 (Winter 2007) (PDF). Network Rail.
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