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Dockyard
A train to Gunnislake
General information
Location	Devonport, Plymouth England
Coordinates	50°22′57″N 4°10′34″W / 50.3825°N 4.176°W / 50.3825; -4.176
Grid reference	SX453558
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	DOC
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Key dates
Opened	1905
Passengers
2019/20	10,368
2020/21	4,050
2021/22	7,154
2022/23	8,960
2023/24	14,424
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Dockyard railway station is a Great Western Railway suburban station on the Cornish Main Line in Devonport, Plymouth, England. As the name implies, it serves Devonport Dockyard. It is 248 miles 60 chains (400.3 km) from London Paddington via Box and Plymouth Millbay.

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.

The Great Western Railway was nationalised into British Railways from 1 January 1948 which was in turn privatised in the 1990s.

Facilities

The station has basic amenities only: a shelter on platform 1, plus bike racks and timetable poster boards on both sides. No staffing or ticket facilities are available, so intending passengers must buy on board the train or prior to travel. Step-free access is available to each platform.

Services

Dockyard is served by Tamar Valley Line services from Plymouth to Gunnislake 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. Only Tamar Valley line trains call here on Sundays.

This station is a request stop which 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 Rail			Following station
Devonport		Great Western Railway Cornish Main Line		Keyham
		Great Western Railway Tamar Valley Line

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 was part of the Dartmoor Sunday Rover network of integrated bus and rail routes.

References

1. Padgett, David (June 2018) . 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. Dockyard station facilities National Rail Enquiries
4. Table 139 National Rail timetable, May 2017
5. Table 135 National Rail timetable, May 2017

• Railway stations in Plymouth, Devon
• Former Great Western Railway stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1905
• Railway stations served by Great Western Railway
• Railway request stops in Great Britain
• DfT Category F2 stations