Lipson Vale Halt railway station
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Lipson Vale Halt was a small railway station that served the Lipson area of Plymouth in Devon, United Kingdom. It was situated between Laira Halt and the older station at Mutley, on the other side of the tunnel beneath Mutley Plain.
The station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 1 June 1904 along with several other small stations as part of a scheme to introduce a suburban train service. The service was withdrawn on 7 July 1930, although local Southern Railway trains continued to call until 4 May 1942 when the station was closed and dismantled as its wooden platforms were thought to be a fire risk during The Blitz.
[edit] Further reading
- The Great Western in South Devon by Keith Beck and John Copsey, Wild Swan Publications 1990, ISBN 0-906867-90-8
- An Illustrated History of Plymouth's Railways by Martin Smith, Irwell Press 1995, ISBN 1871608414
- The South Devon Railway by R H Gregory, Oakwood Press1982, ISBN 0-85361-286-2
- The records of the Great Western Railway can be consulted at The National Archives
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