Dockyard railway station

Railway station in Devon, England

50°22′57″N 4°10′34″W / 50.3825°N 4.176°W / 50.3825; -4.176Grid referenceSX453558Managed byGreat Western RailwayPlatforms2Other informationStation codeDOCClassificationDfT category F2HistoryOriginal companyGreat Western RailwayKey datesOpened1905Passengers2018/19

4,4062019/20

10,3682020/21

4,0502021/22

7,1542022/23

8,960

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Dockyard railway station is a Great Western Railway suburban station on the Cornish Main Line in Devonport, Plymouth, England. As the name implies, it serves Devonport Dockyard. It is 248 miles 60 chains (400.3 km) from London Paddington via Box and Plymouth Millbay.^[1]

History

This station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 1 June 1905, one of many halts built to combat the competition from electric trams.^[2]

The Great Western Railway was nationalised into British Railways from 1 January 1948 which was in turn privatised in the 1990s.

Facilities

The station has basic amenities only: a shelter on platform 1, plus bike racks and timetable poster boards on both sides. No staffing or ticket facilities are available, so intending passengers must buy on board the train or prior to travel. Step-free access is available to each platform.^[3]

Services

Dockyard is served by Tamar Valley Line services from Plymouth to Gunnislake ^[4] and also by a few trains on the Cornish Main Line to and from Penzance, some of which continue eastwards beyond Plymouth towards Exeter St Davids.^[5] Only Tamar Valley line trains call here on Sundays.

This station is a request stop which means that passengers alighting here must tell the conductor that they wish to do so, and those waiting to join must signal clearly to the driver as the train approaches.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Devonport		Great Western Railway Cornish Main Line		Keyham
Devonport		Great Western Railway Tamar Valley Line		Keyham

Community railway

The railway from Plymouth to Gunnislake is designated as a community railway and is supported by marketing provided by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership. The line is promoted under the "Tamar Valley Line" name. It was part of the Dartmoor Sunday Rover network of integrated bus and rail routes.^{[may be outdated as of March 2022]}

References

^ Padgett, David (June 2018) [1989]. Munsey, Myles (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 3: Western & Wales (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 9B. ISBN 978-1-9996271-0-2.
^ Oakley, Mike (2007). Devon Railway Stations. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press. ISBN 978-1-904349-55-6.
^ Dockyard station facilities National Rail Enquiries
^ Table 139 National Rail timetable, May 2017
^ Table 135 National Rail timetable, May 2017