Wearde Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Wearde JunctionOpened on the Cornwall Railway.
Opened on the Saltash to St Germans Deviation (Great Western Railway).
Description
This was the junction between the original course of the Cornwall Railway and the 1908 deviation, which ran further north, between Wearde and St Germans (Saltash to St Germans Deviation (Great Western Railway)). After opening of the deviation the east end of the original line was used to dismantle the timber viaducts and afterwards remained as a siding with a loop between the junction and the east end of the Forder Lake Viaduct, this was used as carriage sidings for Saltash.
Tags
Junction06/07/2023
| Nearby stations Defiance Platform Saltash St Budeaux Victoria Road St Budeaux Ferry Road Weston Mill Halt Devonport Admiralty Platform Keyham Ford Halt Camel^s Head Halt Dockyard [Devonport] Ford (Devon) Albert Road Halt Tamerton Foliot Devonport Devonport Kings Road | Wearde Mail Apparatus Lowhill Quarry Forder Lake Viaduct Forder Viaduct Combe by Saltash Viaduct Royal Albert Bridge Wivelscombe Viaduct Wivelscombe Loop St Budeaux Junction Weston Mill Viaduct Dockyard Junction [Devonport] Vivelscombe Tunnel Keyham Viaduct Tourist/other Antony House RNAD Ernesettle |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1908 | Cornwall Railway Saltash to St Germans Deviation (Great Western Railway) Deviation opened inland of original route between Wearde Junction and St Germans. |
