St Budeaux Ferry Road railway station
St Budeaux Ferry Road  |
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| Location | |
| Place | St Budeaux |
| Local authority | Plymouth |
| Coordinates | 50°24′05″N 4°11′12″W / 50.40141°N 4.18680°WCoordinates: 50°24′05″N 4°11′12″W / 50.40141°N 4.18680°W |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SBF |
| Managed by | First Great Western |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2002/03 * | 987 |
| 2004/05 * | 969 |
| 2005/06 * | 1,015 |
| 2006/07 * | 1,037 |
| 2007/08 * | 1,199 |
| 2008/09 * | 1,144 |
| 2009/10 * | 1,540 |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Opened | 1904 |
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| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at St Budeaux Ferry Road from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
St Budeaux Ferry Road station is a suburban rail station in St Budeaux, Plymouth, England. It is served by First Great Western services during the rush hour only - the vast majority of services pass through non stop due to the proximity of Victoria Road station (the entrances to the two stations are directly opposite each other). To the west the line singles and crosses into Cornwall on the Royal Albert Bridge.
The station is unstaffed but there is step-free access to both platforms.
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[edit] History
The station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 1 June 1904.[1] It was known as St Budeaux Platform until renamed St Budeaux Ferry Road to avoid confusion with the London and South Western Railway station at St Budeaux Victoria Road. The two stations are only a few yards apart.
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 World War II but the London and South Western Railway line between St Budeaux and Plymouth was closed in the 1960s.
The Great Western Railway was nationalised into British Railways from 1 January 1948 which was in turn privatised in the 1990s.
[edit] Services
Ferry Road is served by just a small number of First Great Western trains on the Cornish Main Line to and from Penzance, some of which continue eastwards from Plymouth towards Exeter St Davids.[2]
A more frequent service to Plymouth operates from St Budeaux Victoria Road railway station which is less than 100 yards (100 m) away.
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Keyham | First Great Western Cornish Main Line |
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[edit] References
- ^ Oakley, Mike (2007). Devon Railway Stations. Wimborne: The Dovecote Press. ISBN 1-904349-55-6.
- ^ "National Rail Timetable 135 (Summer 2008)" (PDF). Network Rail. http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/eNRT/May08/timetables/Table135.pdf.
[edit] Further reading
- Beck, Keith; Copsey, John (1990). The Great Western in South Devon. Didcot: Wild Swan Publication. ISBN 0-906867-90-8.
- Cooke, R A (1979). Track Layout Diagrams of the GWR and BR WR: Section 12, Plymouth. Harwell: R A Cooke.
- Crozier, Larry (2000). Mechanical Signalling in Plymouth. Wallasey: Signalling Record Society. ISBN 1-873228-18-X.
- Jacobs, Gerald (2005). Railway Track Diagrams Book 3: Western. Bradford-on-Avon: Trackmaps. ISBN 0-954986-61-X.
- Leitch, Russell (2002). Plymouth's Railways in the 1930s. Peterborough: Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. ISBN 0-901115-91-6.
- Mosley, Brian. "St Budeaux Ferry Road Station". Encyclopedia of Plymouth History. Plymouth Data. http://www.plymouthdata.info/Railways-StBudeaux%20FR%20Station.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-22.[dead link]
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