Plym Valley Railway | |
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Plym Bridge Halt | |
Locale | Devon |
Coordinates | 50°23′42″N 4°04′59″W / 50.395°N 4.083°W |
Commercial operations | |
Name | The Woodland Line |
Built by | South Devon and Tavistock Railway |
Original gauge | 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) Brunel gauge |
Preserved operations | |
Length | 1 mi 14 ch (1.9 km) |
Preserved gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Commercial history | |
Opened | 1859 |
1892 | converted to 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
Closed | 1962 |
Preservation history | |
2008 | Re-opened |
2012 | Extended to Plym Bridge |
Headquarters | Marsh Mills |
The Plym Valley Railway is a 1 mile 14 chains (1.9 km) heritage railway based on part of the now-closed South Devon and Tavistock Railway, a branch line of the Great Western Railway in Devon, England. The line originally opened in 1859 and closed in 1962. Heritage first ran in 2001.