Keyham railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Keyham | ||
| Local authority | Plymouth | ||
| Coordinates | Coordinates: | ||
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| Station code | KEY | ||
| Managed by | First Great Western | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
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| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 6,374 | ||
| 2005/06 * | 7,594 | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 1900 | ||
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Keyham from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Keyham railway station is a suburban rail station in the city of Plymouth, UK. It is served by First Great Western services between Plymouth and Gunnislake; most other services pass through the station non-stop.
The entrance is on the platform served by trains to Gunnislake. A second platform is reached by footbridge that is served by trains to Plymouth.
The station is close to the Devonport dockyard.
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[edit] History
This station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 1 June 1900. The goods facilities were used for marshalling trains to and from the Cornwall Railway branch into the naval dockyard, opened on 20 June 1867, which enters the dockyard between the station and Weston Mill viaduct.
The Cornwall Railway was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway on 1 July 1889. The Great Western Railway was nationalised into British Railways from 1 January 1948 which was in turn privatised in the 1990s.
In recent years the railway station has been the host of regular gatherings of local youth"s using the comparative privacy as a place to indulge in consumption of alcohol much to the dismay of local residents.
[edit] Services
Keyham 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.
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 Rail | Following station | ||
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| Dockyard | First Great Western – Tamar Valley Line | St Budeaux Victoria Road | ||
| First Great Western – Cornish Main Line | St Budeaux Ferry Road | |||
[edit] 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.
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