Albert Road Halt railway station
Albert Road Halt | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Southern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 November 1906 | Station opened |
| 13 January 1947 | Station closed |
Albert Road Halt was a
. It was located between Ford and Devonport Park tunnels.History
The station was opened by the Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway on 1 November 1906, or possibly 1 October 1906.[1] This confusion may be the result of a complaint by the PDSWJR to the London and South Western Railway in September 1906 that while they had constructed the halt, the LSWR had not provided any service, and it is reported that services commenced before the official opening of 1 November.[2]
Although this company remained independent until the grouping, the
nationalisation
.
The site today
The station has now been demolished.
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 0 85361 321 4.
- ISBN 0 85361 321 4.
- R.V.J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
- A. Jowett (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.
- Moseley, Brian (May 2013). "[Plymouth] Railways". The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History. Plymouth Data. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- Archive
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford (Devon) | Southern Railway (PD&SWJR )
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Devonport Kings Road |