Oreston railway station information

Oreston railway station served the suburb of Oreston, Plymouth, England from 1897 to 1961 on the Turnchapel Branch. The station opened on 1 January 1897...

Plymstock railway station served the suburb of Plymstock, Plymouth, England from 1892 to 1961 on the Plymouth to Yealmpton Branch. The station opened on...

construction of the Plymouth Breakwater; rails were laid in the quarry at Oreston and on the breakwater, and loaded wagons were conveyed between the two...

Turnchapel railway station served the suburb of Turnchapel, Plymouth, England from 1897 to 1961 on the Turnchapel Branch. The station opened on 1 January...

opened on 10 October 1914. As from that date the station was known as Boorowa. Galong-Burrowa Railway - Opening Ceremony, Burrowa, Saturday 10 October...

comprises the villages Billacombe, Elburton, Goosewell, Hooe, Mount Batten, Oreston, Pomphlett, Staddiscombe, Turnchapel and Plymstock proper, the centrally...

terminus of the line, Yealmpton station was still configured as a through station because the proposal had been to build a railway to Modbury, 4.5 mi (7.2 km)...

completely. There were three intermediate stations, Lucas Terrace Halt (from 1905), Plymstock (opened 1892) and Oreston. There was a siding serving the Bayly...

of caves around Plymouth Sound. The 'bone caves', located at Cattedown, Oreston, Turnchapel and Stonehouse, contain extensive Upper Palaeolithic deposits...