Plymouth's Lost Railways

Feature video on some of Plymouth's hidden and lost railways in the Devonport and Ford areas of the city. The video footage is from 2015 and so camera technology and torch technology not brilliant like we have now days.
Hopefully this video will provide some historic and interesting informative entertainment to those who enjoy urban exploration.

King's Road Station had opened in May 1876 but was closed to passengers in September 1964, and then to goods traffic in 1971. Within just two years almost all trace of the station had been removed.

Deep in the undergrowth off Paradise Road in Plymouth you will find what remains of the city's lost railway station. King's Road Station was once 'Plymouth's finest' - now all that remains is the entrance to an old tunnel, which took trains deep under Devonport Park.

The Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway was incorporated by an Act of Parliament in August 1883, with work on the route from Lydford to Devonport starting four years later. The line made a junction with the London and South Western Railway at Devonport. On its approach it passed through two tunnels – Ford and Devonport Park. Just along from what was King’s Road Station was the masonry entrance to Devonport Park Tunnel, which can still be seen today.

The station had opened in May 1876 but was closed to passengers in September 1964, and then to goods traffic in 1971. Within just two years almost all trace of the station had been removed and much of the stonework had been used towards the infilling of Stonehouse Creek, and in 1974 the College of Further Education (now City College Plymouth) opened on this site.

The two tunnels, Devonport park and Ford tunnels are still there although accessible the approaches can be overgrown, and the Ford Viaduct crossing the Ford valley built of stone was dismantled around 1986.