Plymstock | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Plymstock, Plymouth |
Country: | England |
Platforms: | 2 |
Original: | London and South Western Railway |
Pregroup: | London and South Western Railway |
Postgroup: | Southern Railway British Railways (Southern Region) |
Events: | Opened |
Years1: | 15 January 1951 |
Events1: | Temporary closed |
Years2: | 2 July 1951 |
Events2: | Reopened |
Years3: | 10 September 1951 |
Events3: | Closed to passengers |
Events4: | Closed to goods |
Plymstock railway station served the suburb of Plymstock, Plymouth, England from 1892 to 1961 on the Plymouth to Yealmpton Branch.
The station opened on 5 September 1892 by the London and South Western Railway. It originally opened on 1 July 1892 but it didn't serve passengers. The signal box was moved onto the platform in 1935. It was later destroyed along with the ticket office by a bomb in March 1941 during the Second World War. They were rebuilt quickly. The station closed on 15 January 1951 but reopened on 2 July 1951, only to close again to passengers on 10 September 1951.[1] It closed to goods traffic on 30 September 1961. The signal box closed in 1963[2]