St Budeaux Ferry Road railway station is a suburban station in

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, England. It is from via Box and Plymouth Millbay. It is served by

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services during the rush hours and late morning/early afternoon only. The vast majority of services pass through non-stop due to the proximity of : the entrances to the two stations are directly opposite each other. To the west, the line singles and crosses into Cornwall on the

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. The station is unstaffed with step-free access to both platforms.

History

The station was opened by the

on 1 June 1904 as St Budeaux Platform, and was later renamed St Budeaux Ferry Road to avoid confusion with the

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station. The reason for the separate stations is due to the two railways taking different routes into the city. A junction was laid between the two lines during

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and the London and South Western Railway line between Victoria Road and closed in 1964.

Services

Ferry Road has a limited service of

trains on the

Cornish Main Line The Cornish Main Line ( kw, Penn-hyns-horn Kernow) is a railway line in Cornwall and Devon in the United Kingdom. It runs from Penzance to Plymouth, crossing from Cornwall into Devon over the famous Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash. It directly ...

between , and , some of which continue eastwards from Plymouth towards and beyond. A Sunday service is offered, but this is very restricted (two trains each way, westbound in the morning and back towards Plymouth in the evening). A more frequent service to Plymouth (every two hours for most of the day) operates from the adjacent St Budeaux Victoria Road on the

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