Keyham railway station

Keyham railway station is a suburban station in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. It is 249 miles 25 chains (401.2 km) from London Paddington via Box and Plymouth Millbay.[1] The station is close to the Devonport dockyard.

Keyham
National Rail
General information
LocationKeyham, Plymouth
England
Coordinates50°23′24″N 4°10′47″W / 50.39008°N 4.17984°W / 50.39008; -4.17984
Grid referenceSX451567
Managed byGreat Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeKEY
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Key dates
Opened1900
Passengers
2018/19Increase 7,516
2019/20Increase 7,808
2020/21Decrease 3,374
2021/22Increase 8,786
2022/23Increase 13,530
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History edit

 
Keyham railway station from a Gunnislake-bound train in 1970.

The station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 1 June 1900.[2] The goods facilities were used for marshalling trains to and from the Cornwall Railway branch into the naval dockyard, opened on 20 June 1867, which enters the dockyard between the station and Weston Mill viaduct.[3]

The Cornwall Railway was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway on 1 July 1889.

Platform layout edit

The entrance is on the down platform, served by trains to Gunnislake and Cornwall. The up platform, reached by a footbridge, is served by trains to Plymouth.

Services edit

Keyham is served by Tamar Valley Line services from Plymouth to Gunnislake,[4] and by a few trains on the Cornish Main Line to and from Penzance, some of which continue eastwards towards Exeter St Davids.[5]

Preceding station   National Rail Following station
Dockyard   Great Western Railway
Cornish Main Line
  St Budeaux Ferry Road
  Great Western Railway
Tamar Valley Line
  St Budeaux Victoria Road

Community railway edit

The railway from Plymouth to Gunnislake is designated as the "Tamar Valley Line" community railway and is supported by marketing provided by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership. It is part of the Dartmoor Sunday Rover network of integrated bus and rail routes.[may be outdated as of March 2022]

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Oakley, Mike (2007). Devon Railway Stations. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press. ISBN 978-1-904349-55-6.
  3. ^ Burkhalter, Paul (1996). Devonport Dockyard Railway. Truro: Twelveheads Press. ISBN 0-906294-37-1.
  4. ^ Table 139 National Rail timetable, May 2016
  5. ^ Table 135 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Bibliography edit

  • 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 0-9549866-1-X.
  • Leitch, Russell (2002). Plymouth's Railways in the 1930s. Peterborough: Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. ISBN 0-901115-91-6.
  • Mosley, Brian (17 February 2007). "Keyham Station (GWR)". Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History. Plymouth Data. Archived from the original on 18 May 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2015.