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A map of Tavistock from 1946, showing the layout of the town and location of the two railway stations. Tavistock had two railway stations, both now closed. Tavistock South was the Great Western Railway's station, on the route between Launceston and Plymouth. This was closed and mostly dismantled between 1962 and 1965.
Tavistock Launceston lines in 1865. It was the South Devon and Tavistock Railway which obtained its act of Parliament, the South Devon and Tavistock Railway Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. clxxxix), on 24 July 1854, authorising construction of a 13-mile (21 km) line from Tavistock to a junction with the South Devon Railway east of Plymouth; the track gauge was to be the broad gauge, 7 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in ...
Tavistock used to have two railway stations, both now closed, with trains to Plymouth: Tavistock North was the Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway station, operated by the London and South Western Railway. Tavistock South was the Great Western Railway station, on the other side of the river Tavy, opposite the town.
Tavistock was an important town lying to the north of Plymouth, and after considerable parliamentary struggles, the South Devon and Tavistock Railway was authorised by the South Devon and Tavistock Railway Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. clxxxix) to build its broad gauge line from a junction east of Laira to Tavistock. It opened that line on 22 June ...
This scheme was replaced the following year by that of another independent company supported by the LSWR, the Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway (PD&SWJR). This obtained its Act on 25 August 1883 for a new railway from Lidford which would pass to the west of Tavistock then down the valley of the River Tamar to reach Plymouth ...
In 1859 a line was opened connecting Tavistock to the SDR near Plymouth; this was the South Devon and Tavistock Railway, and it was taken over by the SDR in 1865. An affiliated company, the Launceston and South Devon Railway, extended the line to Launceston via Lidford (later spelt Lydford). The entire line from Launceston to Plymouth was ...
Note: This diagram is focused on the South Devon and Tavistock Railway and Launceston and South Devon Railway route. The dashed lines are only to show the relationship with the London and South Western Railway routes in the area. This is a route-map template for a UK railway. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.
The A390 is a road in Cornwall and Devon, England.It runs from Tavistock to 5 miles (8.0 km) north west of the city of Truro.Starting in Tavistock, it heads south-westwards towards Liskeard, crossing over the River Tamar and into Cornwall, then through Gunnislake and Callington.