Case for Reopening the Princetown Railway Page Index Introduction Historical and Cultural Significance Boost to Local and Tourism Economy Environmentally Friendly Access to Dartmoor Revitalising Public Interest in Heritage Railways Scenic and Unique Travel Experience Potential for Seasonal and Special Event Services Leveraging Existing Infrastructure and Track bed Preservation Proposed […]
Princetown railway news reports
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Portrait of the PRINCETOWN BRANCH Photography by R. J. DORAN & R. C. RILEY Pen-portrait by KENNETH GRANVILLE THE traveller to Cornwall by the main lines from Waterloo and Paddington skirts Dartmoor to the north or south. On his way into Plymouth he may notice the Launceston branch curving away […]
Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt (1762 – 24 February 1833) distinguished himself as an English politician, serving as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1796 to 1812. Educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, Tyrwhitt initially served as the private secretary to the Prince of Wales. In 1796, he was elected […]
Here is an article from my copy of Every Spotters Weekly 13 June 1953 written by R. C. Sambourne. Giving an insight into the branch three years before it’s closure in 1956. The terminus of this branch stands 1,400 feet above sea level in the County of Devon and is […]
On 7th July 1883, Colonel Yolland of the Board of Trade conducted an inspection of the line but discovered several unsatisfactory issues. Consequently, he declined to grant the approval for opening. Following some alterations, he made a second visit, and the line commenced operations on 11th August 1883, without any […]
FOR TRIAL AT ASSIZE PRINCETOWN STATION BROKEN INTO Thomas Sydney Wrayson, no fixed abode, was at Tavistock yesterday committed for trial at Devon Assize on a charge of breaking into the Great Western Railway offices Princetown on the night of October 15-16 and stealing a suit case and contents valued […]
Damage by lightning House Struck At Princetown A renewal of the gale accompanied by thunder, lightning, and heavy rain, was experienced in the West yesterday. At Princetown where there was a 90 miles an hour wind, the house of the station master on the Great Western Railway was struck by […]
The house of Mr. Gibbon, stationmaster at Princetown Dartmoor, was struck by lightning last evening and Mr. Gibbon’s housekeeper had a remarkable escape from falling debris. Daily Mirror – Saturday 07 December 1929