Editing Plymouth (section)

===Railway===
{{See also|Railways in Plymouth}}

[[File:43016 and 802113 PLY.jpg|thumb|Inter-city trains at Plymouth station, operated by Great Western Railway]]

[[Plymouth railway station]] is served by two [[train operating companies]]:<ref>{{cite web |title=Station Facilities: Plymouth (PLY) |url=http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/ply.html |access-date=16 November 2008 |publisher=[[National Rail]] Enquiries |archive-date=25 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225114323/http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/ply.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

* [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]] operates inter-city services to {{rws|Penzance}}, {{rws|Exeter St Davids}}, {{rws|Taunton}}, {{rws|Reading}}, {{rws|London Paddington}}, {{rws|Bristol Temple Meads}} and {{rws|Cardiff Central}}; local services run to {{rws|Gunnislake}}. It also manages the station.<ref>{{Cite web |work=Great Western Railway |title=Train Times |date=21 May 2023 |access-date=3 October 2023 |url= https://www.gwr.com/travel-information/train-times |quote=}}</ref>
* [[CrossCountry]] operate services from the [[South West England|South West]] to the [[English Midlands|Midlands]], [[North East England|North East]] and [[Scotland]]; destinations include Bristol, {{rws|Birmingham New Street}}, {{rws|Derby}}, {{rws|Sheffield}}, {{rws|York}}, {{rws|Newcastle}}, {{rws|Edinburgh Waverley}}, {{rws|Glasgow Central}} and {{rws|Aberdeen}}.<ref>{{Cite web |work=CrossCountry |title=Timetables |date=21 May 2023 |access-date=3 October 2023 |url= https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/travel-updates-information/train-timetables |quote=}}</ref>

Smaller stations in the suburban area west of the city centre are served by trains on the [[Tamar Valley Line]] to Gunnislake and local services on the [[Cornish Main Line]], which crosses the Tamar on the [[Royal Albert Bridge]]. This was designed by [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel|Brunel]] and opened in 1859. The parallel road bridge was completed in 1961.

====History====
The station opened on its present site in 1877 and was previously named ''Plymouth North Road'', when there were other main line stations in the city at [[Plymouth Millbay railway station|Millbay]] and [[Plymouth Friary railway station|Friary]]; these have since closed.

====Future====
There have been proposals to reopen the [[Exeter to Plymouth railway of the LSWR]] which would connect [[Cornwall]] and Plymouth to Exeter using the former [[Southern Railway (UK)|Southern Railway]] main line from Plymouth to Exeter via {{rws|Okehampton}}, because the main line through South Devon is vulnerable to damage from rough seas at {{rws|Dawlish}}, where some of the cliffs are also fragile. There are related proposals to reopen part of the old main line from Bere Alston on the [[Plymouth-Gunnislake line]] as far as Tavistock to serve a new housing development but, although the idea has been discussed since 2008, progress has been slow.