Tamerton Foliot railway station

Tamerton Foliot was a railway station, built by the Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway (PDSWJR) on its line from Template:Rws to Template:Rws and Template:Rws on the section that is now the Tamar Valley Line.

History

The station was a later addition to the PD&SWJR route, the line having opened in 1890. The original intention had been to build a branch line to serve the village of Tamerton Foliot, but this scheme was not proceeded with, and a passenger only station on the main line was opened instead in 1897.Template:Sfnp The station was poorly situated, being more than from the village, and was consequently very underused once Tamerton came to be served by buses from Plymouth.Template:Sfnp In 1936, Southern Railway figures showed it was the company's least used station west of Salisbury with less than 1000 passenger journeys in the year.Template:Sfnp

The station had two platforms and as well as the normal facilities of a booking office, parcels office, and waiting rooms, also had accommodation for a station master,Template:Sfnp although in later years the station was staffed by just a single porter and eventually became an unstaffed halt.Template:Sfnp

In the early years of the station there was a signal box at the station allowing the station to act as a block section between Template:Rws and Template:Rws, but the signal box and signalling had been removed by 1911.Template:Sfnp

The station closed in 1962.

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