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2 unusual facts about Plymouth Millbay railway station


Plymouth Millbay railway station

In the event, it was redesigned to end at a station situated between Union Street and Millbay itself.

Improved accommodation was provided in 1936, the new floor of which was decorated with the GWR's land at Plymouth and save a day advertising slogan, which referred to the time saved by trans-Atlantic passengers being carried ashore by lighter at Plymouth from liners bound for London via Southampton of Le Havre.


Millbay

Isambard Kingdom Brunel was engaged to design new docks; both he and Gill were involved in the South Devon Railway, so it is no surprise that the first railway station in Plymouth was opened nearby in 1849.


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