Opening & closing Notices
OF THE
PLYMOUTH, DEVONPORT, AND SOUTH – WESTERN
S
outh - Western Railway
NOTICE OF THE OPENING
JUNCTION RAILWAY
L I D F O R D TO D E V O N P O R T
IN CONNECTION WITH
THE LONDON AND SOUTH – WESTERN RAILWAY
AND
IMPROVED AND ACCELERATED TRAIN SERVICE
____________
ON AND AFTER JUNE 1ST
This Company’s Trains
WILL BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE GREAT WESTERN
COMPANY’S LINE
BETWEEN LIDFORD AND PLYMOUTH.
Ceasing to call at Mary Tavy, Horrabridge, Yelverton, Bickley,
And Marsh Mills.
____________
THE PLYMOUTH, DEVONPORT, AND SOUTH - WESTERN
COMPANY’S NEW DOUBLE LINE
FROM
LIDFORD TO DEVONPORT
WILL
BE OPEN ON SUNDAY JUNE 1ST
Over which this Company’s Passenger and Goods Trains will run.
____________
The opening of the above new line will form a COMPLETE DOUBLE LINE from LONDON (Waterloo) to PLYMOUTH, and Trains running between these places will be very considerably improved and accelerated, the journey between London and Exeter occupying 3¾ hours, and between London and Plymouth 5 hours and 20 minutes
Trains between London, Exeter, Barnstable, and Ilfracombe will also be accelerated. For particulars see Time Table.
CHAS. SCOTTER, General Manager.
W.M.N. 31.5.1890