Dockyard railway station
Dockyard railway station is a Great Western Railway suburban station on the Cornish Main Line in Devonport, Plymouth, England. As the name implies, it serves Devonport Dockyard. It is 248 miles 60 chains (400.3 km) from London Paddington via Box and Plymouth Millbay.[1]
Dockyard  | |
|---|---|
 A train to Gunnislake | |
| General information | |
| Location | Devonport, Plymouth England |
| Coordinates | 50.3825°N 4.176°W |
| Grid reference | SX453558 |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | DOC |
| Classification | DfT category F2 |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| Opened | 1905 |
| Passengers | |
| 2017/18 |  4,432 |
| 2018/19 | 4,406 |
| 2019/20 |  10,368 |
| 2020/21 | 4,050 |
| 2021/22 | 7,154 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
History
This station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 1 June 1905, one of many halts built to combat the competition from electric trams.[2]
The Great Western Railway was nationalised into British Railways from 1 January 1948 which was in turn privatised in the 1990s.
Facilities
The station has basic amenities only: a shelter on platform 1, plus bike racks and timetable poster boards on both sides. No staffing or ticket facilities are available, so intending passengers must buy on board the train or prior to travel. Step-free access is available to each platform.[3]
Services
Dockyard is served by Tamar Valley Line services from Plymouth to Gunnislake [4] and also by a few trains on the Cornish Main Line to and from Penzance, some of which continue eastwards beyond Plymouth towards Exeter St Davids.[5] Only Tamar Valley line trains call here on Sundays.
This station is a request stop which means that passengers alighting here must tell the conductor that they wish to do so, and those waiting to join must signal clearly to the driver as the train approaches.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devonport | Great Western Railway Cornish Main Line |
Keyham | ||
| Great Western Railway Tamar Valley Line |
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Community railway
The railway from Plymouth to Gunnislake is designated as a community railway and is supported by marketing provided by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership. The line is promoted under the "Tamar Valley Line" name. It was part of the Dartmoor Sunday Rover network of integrated bus and rail routes.
References
- Padgett, David (June 2018) [1989]. Munsey, Myles (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 3: Western & Wales (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 9B. ISBN 978-1-9996271-0-2.
- Oakley, Mike (2007). Devon Railway Stations. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press. ISBN 978-1-904349-55-6.
- Dockyard station facilities National Rail Enquiries
- Table 139 National Rail timetable, May 2017
- Table 135 National Rail timetable, May 2017
