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- ↑ "Old Devonport UK Railways in Old Devonport Seven Stones Halt". Old Devonport UK. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ↑ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 383. OCLC 931112387.
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| Latchley Line and station closed | Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway Callington Branch | Luckett Line and station closed |
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