- Dockyard railway station
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Dockyard 
A train to Gunnislake Location Place Devonport Local authority Plymouth Coordinates 50°22′57″N 4°10′34″W / 50.38246°N 4.17609°WCoordinates: 50°22′57″N 4°10′34″W / 50.38246°N 4.17609°W Operations Station code DOC Managed by First Great Western Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2002/03 * 4,070 2004/05 * 5,088 2005/06 * 4,895 2006/07 * 5,335 2007/08 * 4,924 2008/09 * 5,280 2009/10 * 5,524 History Original company Great Western Railway Opened 1905 National Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dockyard from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Dockyard railway station is a First Great Western suburban station on the Cornish Main Line in Devonport, Plymouth, United Kingdom. As the name implies it serves Devonport Dockyard. It is also served by trains on the Tamar Valley Line 1.75 miles (3 km) west of Plymouth.
Up platform in 1970.
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History
This station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 1 June 1905, one of many halts built to combat the competition from electric trams.[1]
The Great Western Railway was nationalised into British Railways from 1 January 1948 which was in turn privatised in the 1990s.
Services
Dockyard is served by Tamar Valley Line services from Plymouth to Gunnislake,[2] and also by a few trains on the Cornish Main Line to and from Penzance, some of which continue eastwards beyond Plymouth towards Exeter St Davids.[3]
Trains only stop on request – this means that passengers alighting here must tell the conductor that they wish to do so, and those waiting to join must signal clearly to the driver as the train approaches.
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Devonport First Great Western
Cornish Main LineKeyham Devonport First Great Western
Tamar Valley LineKeyham Community railway
The railway from Plymouth to Gunnislake is designated as a community railway and is supported by marketing provided by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership. The line is promoted under the "Tamar Valley Line" name. It is also part of the Dartmoor Sunday Rover network of integrated bus and rail routes.
References
- ^ Oakley, Mike (2007). Devon Railway Stations. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press. ISBN 1-904349-55-6.
- ^ "National Rail Timetable 139 (Summer 08)" (PDF). Network Rail. http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/eNRT/May08/timetables/Table139.pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
- ^ "National Rail Timetable 135 (Summer 2008)" (PDF). Network Rail. http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/eNRT/May08/timetables/Table135.pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
External links
Railway stations in Cornwall and West Devon Penzance to Plymouth
and beyond:Penzance • St Erth • Hayle • Camborne • Redruth • Truro • St Austell • Par • Lostwithiel • Bodmin Parkway • Liskeard • Menheniot • St Germans • Saltash • St Budeaux Ferry Road • Keyham • Dockyard • Devonport • PlymouthSt Erth to St Ives:
St Ives Bay LineTruro to Falmouth:
Maritime LinePar to Newquay:
Atlantic Coast LineLiskeard to Looe:
Looe Valley LineGunnislake to Plymouth:
Tamar Valley LineGunnislake • Calstock • Bere Alston • Bere Ferrers • St Budeaux Victoria Road • Keyham • Dockyard • Devonport • PlymouthHeritage Railways Launceston • Hunts Crossing • Canna Park • NewmillsCategories:- Transport in Plymouth
- Railway stations in Devon
- Former Great Western Railway stations
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