The Turnchapel Branch was a London and South Western Railway

London and South Western Railway

The London and South Western Railway was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Its network extended from London to Plymouth via Salisbury and Exeter, with branches to Ilfracombe and Padstow and via Southampton to Bournemouth and Weymouth. It also had many routes connecting towns in...

 (LSWR) single track branch railway line in Devon

Devon

Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...

, England, that ran from to via three intermediate stations, (from 1905), (opened 1892), and .

History

The legal entity of the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway was bought by the LSWR and it was under the guise of the P&DR that this company built a branch line from to , on the eastern side of the River Plym

River Plym

The River Plym is a river in Devon, England. Its source is some 450m above sea level on Dartmoor, in an upland marshy area called Plym Head. From the upper reaches which contain antiquities and mining remains the river flows roughly southwest and enters the sea near to the city of Plymouth, where...

. The Act of Parliament

Act of Parliament

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 authorising construction was passed on 2 August 1883 but it was not completed until 1 January 1897. After becoming a part of British Railways on 1 January 1948, passenger trains were withdrawn on 10 September 1951 but goods trains continued to run until 30 October 1961.

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