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This 10.5 mile line was built on the track-bed of the defunct [[Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway]] and ran from Yelverton on to Dartmoor. | * This 10.5 mile line was built on the track-bed of the defunct [[Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway]] and ran from Yelverton on to Dartmoor. <ref>Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies by Christopher Awdry. Published 1990</ref> | ||
* 1923 Became part of the [[Great Western Railway]] | * 1878 The company was incorporated. | ||
* 1883 The line, 10.25 miles long, was opened in August and is to be worked in perpetuity by the [[Great Western Railway]]. <ref>The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908</ref> | |||
* 1923 Became part of the [[Great Western Railway]]. <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_constituents_of_the_Great_Western_Railway] Wikipedia</ref> | |||
==Sources of Information== | ==Sources of Information== | ||
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Revision as of 15:55, 6 August 2008
- This 10.5 mile line was built on the track-bed of the defunct Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway and ran from Yelverton on to Dartmoor. [1]
- 1878 The company was incorporated.
- 1883 The line, 10.25 miles long, was opened in August and is to be worked in perpetuity by the Great Western Railway. [2]
- 1923 Became part of the Great Western Railway. [3]