Devonport railway station
Devonport 
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| Location | |
| Place | Devonport |
| Local authority | Plymouth |
| Coordinates | 50°22′43″N 4°10′13″W / 50.37849°N 4.17018°WCoordinates: 50°22′43″N 4°10′13″W / 50.37849°N 4.17018°W |
| Grid reference | SX457554 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | DPT |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 27,756 |
| 2012/13 |
29,878 |
| 2013/14 |
31,866 |
| 2014/15 |
33,968 |
| 2015/16 |
39,742 |
| History | |
| Original company | Cornwall Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| 1859 | opened |
| 1948 | Albert Road added to name |
| 1968 | Name reverted to Devonport |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Devonport from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Devonport railway station serves the Devonport area of Plymouth, Devon, England. The station is 1.25 miles (2 km) west of Plymouth railway station on the Cornish Main Line. It is operated by Great Western Railway.
The station opened with the Cornwall Railway on 4 May 1859. It was described at the time as "built of rubble masonry, in the Italian style of architecture, which style is adopted at all stations on the railway. It consists of an arrival, departure, and goods stations, the two former being stone structures, and the last a wooden erection".
In 1865 the Royal Agricultural Show was held at nearby at Pennycomequick and so the opportunity was taken to enlarge the platforms at Devonport. A "refreshment booth" was also erected for the duration of the show to cater for the large number of visitors expected.
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.
For a while after 1948 the station was known as Devonport Albert Road to distinguish it from the ex-London and South Western Railway Kings Road station (now the site of the City College Plymouth). The name reverted to just "Devonport" from 6 May 1968.
The goods shed was originally situated in front of the station near the tunnel entrance, but a new goods yard was opened in about 1892 on a larger site east of the station. This was accessed beneath a girder bridge that carried Valletort Road. The old goods shed and sidings were removed in 1903 and replaced by new sidings which handled milk traffic until 1957.
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