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RAILWAYS IN OLD PLYMOUTH |
SUTTON HARBOUR
AND NORTH QUAY BRANCH (SDR/GWR/BRWR)
MAIN LINE, BRENT STATION TO PLYMOUTH STATION (MILLBAY)
BRANCH LINE, LAIRA JUNCTION TO SUTTON HARBOUR AND NORTH
QUAY (SDR/GWR/BRWR)
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 Laira Junction and Sutton
Harbour and North Quay click
on the links provided below.
It describes the
situation in 1955. Stations which were still in use in 1955 are in CAPITAL LETTERS and signal boxes
(signalling block posts) still in use at that time are in bold lower case lettering. Where they both appear together then the signal box was on the station platform.
Milepost Mileage is from London Paddington Station via Bristol Temple Meads
Station. As far as is known no mile posts were provided on this
Branch.
All items refer to the Down direction (i.e. Laira
Junction on the main line to Sutton Harbour and North Quay) except where indicated by ^ sign, which indicates it
only refers to the Up Direction towards Plymouth Station in all cases.
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miles 2 chains |
Laira Junction
and Laira Junction Signal Box
2
miles 62 chains from Millbay via curve
Speed over entire Branch must not exceed 15 miles per hour.
^1 mile 61 chains from Sutton Harbour plus 8
chains from North Quay Wharf; ruling gradient 1 in 203 rising. |
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| 244
miles 20 chains |
Mile Post 244 I ? |
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| 244
miles 40 chains |
Mile Post 244 II
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| 244
miles 42 chains |
Mount Gould
Junction and
Mount Gould Junction Signal Box
40 chains from Laira Junction; ruling gradient
1 in 203 falling. 2 miles 65 chains from Millbay via curve;
ruling gradient from Lipson Junction, 1 in 73 falling.
^1 mile 21 chains from Sutton Harbour plus 8
chains from North Quay Wharf; ruling gradient 1 in 1071 rising from
Friary Junction. |
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Site of
Tothill Crossing
Signal Box |
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| 244
miles 60 chains |
Friary Junction
and Friary Junction Signal Box
58 chains from Laira Junction, ruling gradient 1 in 1071 falling.
3 miles 3 chains from Millbay via curve.
Mile Post 244 III ?
^1 miles 3 chains from Sutton Harbour plus 8
chains from North Quay Wharf. |
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Site of
Northey's Siding Ground Frame |
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SUTTON HARBOUR BRANCH |
NORTH QUAY BRANCH |
| 245
miles 00 chains |
Mile Post 245 ? |
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| 245
miles 20 chains |
Mile Post 245 I ? |
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Sutton Road Level Crossing
Crossing gates but no signal box.
Sutton Road Crossing Gates
on the Sutton Harbour Branch, 1959.
Clare Place flats in the background.
©
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery (CE15585) |
Site of
Sutton Road Level Crossing Box |
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| 245
miles 63 chains |
Sutton Harbour Station
1 mile 61 chains from Laira Junction; ruling gradient 1 in 98 rising.
4 miles 12 chains from Millbay via Lipson Junction. |
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North Quay, Sutton Harbour |
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Lockyer's Quay |
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Bayly Wharf |
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