Plymstock railway station served the suburb of

Plymstock Plymstock is a commuter suburb of Plymouth and former civil parish in the English county of Devon. Geography Situated on the east bank of the River Plym, Plymstock is geographically and historically part of the South Hams. It comprises the vil ...

, Plymouth, England from 1892 to 1961 on the

Plymouth to Yealmpton Branch The Plymouth to Yealmpton Branch was a Great Western Railway single track branch railway line in Devon, England, that ran from Plymstock to . The line was planned as part of a route to Modbury, but the scheme was cut back to Yealmpton; it opened ...

History

The station opened on 5 September 1892 by the

London and South Western Railway The London and South Western Railway (LSWR, sometimes written L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Originating as the London and Southampton Railway, its network extended to Dorchester and Weymouth, to Salisbury, Exeter ...

. It originally opened on 1 July 1892 but it didn't serve passengers. The signal box was moved onto the platform in 1935. It was later destroyed along with the ticket office by a bomb in March 1941 during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

. They were rebuilt quickly. The station closed on 15 January 1951 but reopened on 2 July 1951, only to close again to passengers on 10 September 1951. It closed to goods traffic on 30 September 1961. The signal box closed in 1963

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Disused railway stations in Devon Former London and South Western Railway stations Railway stations opened in 1892 Railway stations closed in 1951 1892 establishments in England 1961 disestablishments in England Railway stations in Great Britain opened in the 19th century {{SouthWestEngland-railstation-stub