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    The Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway (P&DR) was a 4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm) gauge railway built to improve the economy of moorland areas around Princetown in...
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    Okehampton railway station is a terminus railway station on the Dartmoor line serving the town of Okehampton in Devon, England. The station closed to...
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    3°59′46″W / 50.732°N 3.996°W / 50.732; -3.996 The Dartmoor line is a 15+1⁄2-mile (24.9 km) railway line in Devon, England. From Crediton, the line runs...
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  • Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway South Devon and Tavistock Railway Torbay and Brixham Railway This disambiguation...
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    There are eleven disused railway stations on the Exeter to Plymouth line between Exeter St Davids and Plymouth Millbay in Devon, England. At eight of...
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    Plymouth railway of the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) was the westernmost part of a route competing with that of the Great Western Railway (GWR)...
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    London and South Western Railway (LSWR) in 1865. The station building is a two-storey construction of Dartmoor granite with ashlar dressings and round...
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    Devon Railway route to Plymouth, the completion of the LSWR's own route to Plymouth saw this line become an important route with lines to Padstow and Bude...
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    north-west Dartmoor in Devon, England. The station, known then as "Lidford", was opened on 1 June 1865 with the Launceston and South Devon Railway, a 7 ft...
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  • Thumbnail for Plymouth Friary railway station
    Plymouth Friary railway station was the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) terminus in Plymouth, Devon, England. London and South Western Railway...
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    The Exeter–Plymouth line, also called the South Devon Main Line, is a central part of the trunk railway line between London Paddington and Penzance in...
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    37 m) Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway ran from Princetown to Sutton Harbour and the Cattewater. Branches were opened to Cann Quarry in 1829 and to Plympton...
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    Plymouth railway station serves the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. It is on the northern edge of the city centre, close to the North Cross roundabout...
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    Valley Railway. The Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway, a horse-worked line, had been constructed to bring minerals from quarries near Princetown to Plymouth; it...
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    provided by the horse-drawn Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway, but their branch to Plympton was closed and sold to the South Devon Railway to allow the construction...
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    Plym at Marsh Mills. It opened in 1829, and a short tramway connected it to the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway at Crabtree Junction. It had been replaced...
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    connections." Tyrwhitt instigated the building of both Dartmoor Prison (1809) and the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway (1823) which led to the development of Princetown...
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    River Plym (category Dartmoor)
    Dartmoor in the centre of the county southwest to meet the River Meavy, then south towards Plymouth Sound. The river is popular with canoeists, and the...
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  • The South Devon Railway Company built and operated the railway from Exeter to Plymouth and Torquay in Devon, England. It was a 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) broad...
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    route. In 1823 the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway had opened its line connecting Princetown with a wharf on the River Plym near Plymouth. The original intention...
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    Dartmoor is an upland area in southern Devon, South West England. The moorland and surrounding land has been protected by National Park status since 1951...
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    Dartmoor Line to Okehampton. It is managed by Great Western Railway and served by trains operated by Great Western Railway, South Western Railway and...
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  • Thumbnail for Plymouth Millbay railway station
    Plymouth Millbay railway station was the original railway terminus in Plymouth, Devon, England. It was used for passenger trains from 1849 to 1941. It...
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    Tavistock (section Railway)
    following key routes: 1 to Plymouth 87 to Bere Alston 89 Town Service. Plymouth Citybus run rural services onto Dartmoor. Dartline operates route 118...
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    Names of Plymouth, Dartmoor and the Tamar Valley – Self-Published, Plymouth, 1983 W Best Harris – Welcome to PlymouthPlymouth City Council (undated)...
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  • Richard Hansford Worth (category People associated with Dartmoor)
    November 1868 – 11 November 1950) of Plymouth, Devon was a civil engineer, geologist, archaeologist and writer on Dartmoor. He was the author of numerous papers...
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    "News Section - Dartmoor Railway Association, Okehampton, Devon". "The Granite Way - Cycle Route on Dartmoor - Easy Cycle on Dartmoor - Cycling in Devon"...
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    Devon Railway route to Plymouth, the completion of the LSWR's own route to Plymouth saw this line become an important route with lines to Padstow and Bude...
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    Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway, but their branch was closed and sold to the South Devon Railway to allow them to build a line from Exeter to Plymouth....
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    with eight districts, and two unitary authority areas: Plymouth and Torbay. Devon has a varied geography. It contains Dartmoor and part of Exmoor, two upland...
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