Station code DOC 2011/12 7,716 Opened 1905 Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference SX453558 DfT category F2 2012/13 7,400 | |
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Similar Devonport railway station, St Budeaux Ferry Road railway st, Saltash railway station, St Budeaux Victoria Road rail, Keyham railway station | ||
Dockyard railway station is a Great Western Railway suburban station on the Cornish Main Line in Devonport, Plymouth, England. As the name implies it serves Devonport Dockyard. It is also served by trains on the Tamar Valley Line 1.75 miles (3 km) west of Plymouth.
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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.
The Great Western Railway was nationalised into British Railways from 1 January 1948 which was in turn privatised in the 1990s.
Services
Dockyard is served by Tamar Valley Line services from Plymouth to Gunnislake 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.
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.
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.