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RAILWAYS IN OLD PLYMOUTH  |  SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

CATTEWATER BRANCH

The branch railway from Friary Station to Cattewater Junction Signal Box on the Turnchapel Branch and then to Cattewater Wharves and Victoria Wharves was originally proposed by the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway Company on behalf of the London and South Western Railway Company, who operated the line from its opening in 1880.  In 1888 the LSWR Cattewater Branch was extended to its final terminus at Victoria Wharves.

In 1923 the line became the Southern Railway Cattewater Branch and upon nationalization of the railway system on January 1st 1948 it then became the British Railways Cattewater Branch, operated by the Southern Region.