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Moseley, Plymouth Webpage created: April 10, 2018 Webpage updated: January 25, 2022 |
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RAILWAYS IN OLD PLYMOUTH |
YEALMPTON BRANCH YEALMPTON STATION
Yealmpton Station looking towards the end of
the Branch. Yealmpton Station, at 6 miles 33 chains from Plymstock Station and 10 miles 24 chains from Plymouth Station (Millbay), was opened to traffic on January 17th 1898. It was actually located in the Parish of Newton Ferrers, to the south of the village of Yealmpton. According to the Great Western Railway Company's official "Traffic Dealt with at Stations and Depots", published circa 1936, in the calendar year 1903 Yealmpton Station issued 21,164 railway tickets, dealt with 225 parcels and took in total income £3,192. During the calendar year 1913 Yealmpton Station issued 55,798 railway tickets, handled 285 parcels and took in total receipts of £5,550. The calendar year 1923 saw Yealmpton Station issue 216 season tickets in addition to the 21,909 other railway tickets. Only 172 parcels were dealt with that year and the the total reciepts amounted to only 4,435. Things were worse still during the calendar year 1929, with competition from motor bus services, when Yealmpton Station issued only 6,151 railway tickets and 35 season tickets and handled only 134 parcels. The total receipts during 1929 were £4,110. Owing to competition from road transport, sparked off by the Great Western Railway Company itself, the line closed to passenger traffic on or as from July 7th 1930, although it remained open for goods traffic. During the period it was open to passenger traffic, Yealmpton Station issued 1,116 railway tickets, 19 season tickets, handled 67 parcels and took in receipts of £2,844. From July 1`930 onwards it was controlled by Plymouth Goods at Millbay. When a passenger service was restored on November 3rd 1941 the trains ran from the Southern Railway Company's Friary Station because Plymouth Station itself was damaged when the adjacent goods yard was bombed earlier in the year and was consequently closed to passenger traffic. The service was withdrawn again as from October 7th 1947 and from then onwards only the daily freight train and any maintenance trains ran over the Branch. According to the "The Official Hand-book of Station 1956" Yealmpton Station dealt with goods traffic, and live stock. It was equipped with a crane capable of lifting 1 ton 10 hundredweight (cwt). Yealmpton Station was finally closed to goods traffic on or as from February 29th 1960.
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