Albert Road Halt railway station

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Albert Road Halt
General information
Location Devonport, Plymouth
England
Coordinates 50°22′40″N4°10′25″W / 50.3777°N 4.1736°W / 50.3777; -4.1736 Coordinates: 50°22′40″N4°10′25″W / 50.3777°N 4.1736°W / 50.3777; -4.1736
Grid reference SX455553
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway
Pre-groupingPlymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
Key dates
1 November 1906Station opened
13 January 1947Station closed

Albert Road Halt was a railway station in Plymouth in the English county of Devon. It was located between Ford and Devonport Park tunnels.

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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 LSWR used its tracks as an entry to Plymouth that did not involve its rival the Great Western Railway. Becoming part of the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, it closed on 13 January 1947, [1] less than a year before nationalisation.

The site today

The station has now been demolished.

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References

  1. 1 2 Kidner, R. W. (1985). Southern Railway Halts. Survey and Gazetteer. Locomotion Papers. Vol. 156. Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. p. 39. ISBN   0 85361 321 4.
  2. Kidner, R. W. (1985). Southern Railway Halts. Survey and Gazetteer. Locomotion Papers. Vol. 156. Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. p. 9. ISBN   0 85361 321 4.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Ford (Devon)   London Waterloo to Plymouth
Southern Railway (PD&SWJR)
  Devonport Kings Road