Place Yealmpton Pre-grouping Great Western Railway 15 January 1898 Station opened | Area South Hams Post-grouping Great Western Railway Platforms in use 1 | |
6 October 1947 Station closed to passengers Original company Plymouth to Yealmpton Branch Similar Dousland railway station, Pateley Bridge railway st, Fittleworth railway station, Fowey railway station, Hellingly railway station | ||
Yealmpton station was a stone built railway station in Devon, and was the terminus of the Plymouth to Yealmpton Branch built to the south and across the River Yealm from the town of Yealmpton.
History
From 1898 to 1960, Yealmpton was the terminus of the Yealmpton to Plymouth branch railway line. The line was built by the Great Western Railway. In its early days the line carried passengers and freight. The growth in the number of motor cars and buses led to reducing passenger traffic in the 1920s and passenger services ceased on the line in 1930. From then until 1941, only freight traffic ran on the line. Passenger services were restored in 1941, as villages such as Yealmpton were then being used as dormitory areas by the people of Plymouth following the severe air raids on the city. The passenger services ceased again in October 1947 and freight services only ran until 1960, when the line closed completely. The station at Yealmpton was demolished and housing in Riverside Walk now stands on the site.