Cornish & Devon Post – Saturday 01 October 1904
Princetown railway news reports
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Western Morning News – Tuesday 14 April 1885 The Yelverton Station Sir, – Can any of your readers inform me why the new Yelverton Station, between Bickleigh and Horrabridge, has yet to be opened? There are way authorities have shown their appreciation of the convenience such a station would be […]
Tavistock Gazette – Friday 15 August 1884 The directors of the new railway are disappointed with the meagre support given to this project during the last six months. In this support submitted to the meeting of shareholders held on Wednesday last they state that the receipts for the half year […]
Western Morning News – Monday 21 January 1895 Railway Dinner At Princetown At Princetown branch line, GWR employees annual dinner Mr. John Higman, stationmaster at Princetown, presided, and was supported by Rev WA Badger, Messr W. Duke, A Row, J Forbes, J Crocker, A Pope (London), W Stanbury and M […]
The Scotsman – Friday 13 March 1891 The experience of some of the travellers and officials on the branch lines of the Great Western Railway were most alarming. One train from Princetown to Yelverton, on one of the wildest parts of Dartmoor, was snowed up from Monday night until Wednesday […]
Western Morning News – Monday 22 January 1923 LATE MR. H. COWLING FUNERAL OF PRINCETOWN STATIONMASTER. The funeral took place Saturday of Mr. Henry Cowling, late stationmaster at Princetown, who died last Monday after a brief illness. The coffin was conveyed to Dousland by train and carried from the station to Walkhampton, […]
Western Morning News – Monday 23 September 1946 MR. C. WINSOR Princetown Stationmaster Retires After 10 Years Retirement of Mr. C. Winsor, stationmaster at Princetown for the last ten years, after 46 years’ service with the Great Western Railway, is announced in the September issue of the company’s magazine. Mr. […]
Research regarding Merrivale Rail plan here. Western Morning News – Thursday 14 January 1937
Western Morning News – Friday 04 November 1881