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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. <ref>Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies by Christopher Awdry. Published 1990</ref>


* 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>
1878 The company was incorporated.  


* 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>


* 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>  
 
* 1923 Became part of the [[Great Western Railway]]. <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_constituents_of_the_Great_Western_Railway] Wikipedia</ref>  


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Latest revision as of 14:55, 4 November 2023

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]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies by Christopher Awdry. Published 1990
  2. The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
  3. [1] Wikipedia