Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway - Turnchapel Branch

Turnchapel Branch

The legal entity of the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway was bought by the London and South Western Railway and it was under the guise of the P&DR that this company built a branch line from Plymouth Friary to Turnchapel, on the eastern side of the River Plym. The Act of Parliament authorising construction was passed on 2 August 1883 but it was not completed until 1 January 1897. Stations were provided at Lucas Terrace Halt (from 1905), Plymstock (opened 1892), Oreston and Turnchapel itself. After becoming a part of British Railways on 1 January 1948, passenger trains were withdrawn on 10 September 1951 but goods trains continued to run until 30 October 1961.