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Information on Plymouth Station
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On 5 May 1848 the trains of the South Devon Railway reached a temporary station at Laira Green, then a year later an extension to Plymouth Millbay was completed in March 1849 which opened to passenger traffic on 2 April 1849. This was to remain the main GWR station at Plymouth for many years with a rail link to the docks where GWR trains could meet the Atlantic liners. In 1863 the Duke of Cornwall Hotel opened to accommodate their passengers. Through running trains to and from Cornwall started on 2 May 1859 when Brunel’s Royal Albert Bridge across the Tamar estuary was completed at Saltash.
A branch line to Tavistock opened on 22 June 1859 and extended six years later to Launceston and it was over this route on 17 May 186 that services first reached Plymouth terminating at Devonport Kings Road via Exeter and Oakhampton using the services of the London and South Western railway (L.S.W.R). Plymouths College of Further Education now occupies the former site of Devonport Kings Road.
On 28 March 1877 the timber constructed Plymouth North Road station was opened to passengers as a need to increase the number of L.S.W.R services and a more direct route via Devon Port Kings, trains would terminate at North Road until 1891 when it was extended to Plymouth Friary.
Plymouth North Road was enlarged during 1908 to create four through platforms with six faces one bay platform and one dock. The station was rebuilt in 1938 with subsidy from the Government and rebuilt again in 1956 as part of a post-war scheme costing £1.8 million, this would also create new offices, resignalling and a new diesel depot at Laira. The older down side station buildings were demolished in May 1958 to create new and improved offices.
On 15 September 1958 Plymouth Friar Station closed to passenger traffic, North Road was dropped from the station title and the station simply became known as Plymouth.
Today Plymouth is located on the London to Penzance Mainline, 225.75 miles from London Paddington Station, operated by First Great Western it has the largest number of passengers starting and finishing their journeys at any station in the County and is the largest of the six surviving railway stations in the city and the only one served by InterCity trains.
Information on train services from Plymouth Station
 
First Great Western, South West Trains and CrossCountry operate services as follows:
First Great Western
- Trains to and from London Paddington terminating
- with some continuing over the Cornish Main Line to Penzance
- Prestigious trains that operate over this route include the Cornish Riviera fast London to Penzance service and the overnight Night Riviera service on the same route.
South West Trains
- Limited service from London Waterloo station to Plymouth
- which continues to Penzance on Saturdays and returns on Sundays
CrossCountry
- Trains from Scotland and North of England via Bristol terminate at Plymouth
- A number continue to Penzance in the evening and return next morning
Additional services:
Summer weekends some trains from Paddington and some from the North continue into Cornwall to serve Newquay.
Local services provided by FGW along the Cornish Main Line and also on the Tamar Valley Line to Gunnislake – A number of these continue eastwards on the London route to destinations such as Exeter St Davids.
Charter Companies operate specials from and to Penzance, Par, Newton Abbott, Exeter St Davids, Taunton and Bristol often pulled by former GWR Steam Locomotives.
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