OLD PLYMOUTH . UK
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RAILWAYS IN OLD PLYMOUTH  |  YEALMPTON BRANCH
BRANCH LINE, PLYMOUTH STATION (MILLBAY) TO YEALMPTON STATION

YEALMPTON SIGNAL BOX

Yealmpton Signal Box, at 10 miles 24 chains from Plymouth Station and 6 miles 33 chains mile post mileage from Plymstock Station, was opened by the Great Western Railway Company on January 15th 1898.

The Signal Box was said to have been transferred from Probus Siding, in Cornwall.  It measured 15 feet by 12 feet and contained 23 levers.

Passenger services were withdrawn from the Yealmpton Branch on or as from July 30th 1930 but the line was retained for freight traffic.  Yealmpton Signal Box was closed on or as from January 23rd 1931 and the line operated as a siding with one engine in steam.

Although passenger trains were started once again on November 3rd 1941, with the service starting from Friary Station, Yealmpton Signal Box was not reopened.

The Branch was closed to passenger traffic once again on or as from October 7th 1947 and to goods traffic on or as from February 29th 1960.