Tavistock to Launceston line

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf railway line
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Launceston
Tavistock
gptkbp:communityImpact connected communities
promoted local events
gptkbp:connects gptkb:Launceston
Tavistock
gptkbp:conservationEfforts none known
gptkbp:cultural_heritage local history
gptkbp:culturalImpact inspired local stories
gptkbp:currentStatus abandoned
gptkbp:electronicSystems cuttings
several bridges
embankments
gptkbp:futurePlans none known
gptkbp:historicalPeriod 20th century
gptkbp:historicalRecords available in archives
company documents
passenger timetables
maps and photographs
freight records
gptkbp:historicalSignificance part of the railway expansion in the 1920s
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tavistock to Launceston line
gptkbp:length approximately 12 miles
gptkbp:localEconomy facilitated trade
boosted tourism
gptkbp:location gptkb:Devon,_England
gptkbp:opened 1927
1966
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Southern_Railway
gptkbp:partOf British_railway_system
gptkbp:passengerCapacity ceased in 1966
gptkbp:railwayLine gptkb:British_Railways
gptkbp:replacedBy road transport
gptkbp:route not applicable
gptkbp:scenicViews gptkb:Tamar_Valley
gptkbp:serviceType passenger and freight
gptkbp:stations gptkb:Bridestowe_station
gptkb:Tavistock_station
Launceston_station
Lifton_station
Tavistock_Junction_station
gptkbp:successor Tavistock_to_Launceston_bus_service
gptkbp:track disused
standard gauge
gptkbp:trainTypes heritage railway
gptkbp:transportation ceased in 1966