OLD PLYMOUTH . UK
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RAILWAYS IN OLD PLYMOUTH  |  TURNCHAPEL BRANCH

BRANCH LINE, FRIARY STATION TO TURNCHAPEL STATION

For more information about the Engines Sheds, Goods Depots or Yards, Ground Frames, Halts, Junctions, Platforms, Sidings, Signal Boxes, Signalling, Stations, Tunnels, and Viaducts along the branch line between Friary Station to Turnchapel Station click on the links provided below.

Stations are in CAPITAL LETTERS and signal boxes (signalling block posts) are in bold lower case lettering.  Where they both appear together then the signal box was on the station platform.  Mile Post mileage is from Friary Station.

All items refer to the Down direction (i.e. Friary Station to Turnchapel Station) except where indicated by ^ sign, which indicates it only refers to the Up Direction towards Friary Station.

 

0 miles 00 chains	FRIARY STATION 234 miles from London Waterloo Station.
	Plymouth Friary "B" Signal Box 461 yards from Plymouth Friary "A" Signal Box and a platform length from the stop blocks.
	Plymouth Friary "A" Signal Box 924 yards from Friary Junction Signal Box and 1,004 yards from Cattewater Junction Signal Box.  Junction for Friary Engine Shed, Friary Goods Yard, Sutton Harbour and North Quay Branch (LSWR), and the Turnchapel Branch.
	Friary Engine Shed
0 miles 55 chains	LUCAS TERRACE HALT
0 miles 75 chains	Cattewater Junction Signal Box Junction for the Cattewater Branch.
	Laira Bridge.
1 mile 00 chains	Mile Post 1
	Plymstock Junction Junction for the Yealmpton Branch. Site of original Plymstock Signal Box.
1 mile 44 chains	PLYMSTOCK STATION and Plymstock Signal Box
2 miles 00 chains	ORESTON STATION Mile Post 2.
2 miles 26 chains	Bayly's Siding Ground Frame.
	Hooe Lake Swing Bridge
	Turnchapel Signal Box 1 mile 77 yards from Plymstock Signal Box.
2 miles 45 chains	TURNCHAPEL STATION
2 miles 56 chains	Turnchapel Wharves