Talk:Stert and Westbury Railway

Opening
"The new line was ready for goods traffic on 29 July 1900 and passenger trains started to use the line five weeks later on 1 October." I'll correct this if no-one has any objection?

Are we sure that the LSWR route London to Plymouth was shorter than the GWR before this opened? Afterbrunel (talk) 21:11, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Considering that St Budeaux Junction (west of Plymouth) is $227 1/4$ miles from Waterloo (via Okehampton) but 250 miles from Paddington (via Box, ie by the old GWR route), and Plymouth North Road is 246 miles from Padd, I'd say the LSWR route was definitely shorter, by about 15 miles. -- Red rose64 (talk) 21:43, 24 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks; it was a polite enquiry. 86.9.94.39 (talk) 19:34, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Lavington viaduct location
As per maps, Lavington viaduct is around 450m east of the old station (which was just west of the A360), not the much higher value apparently referenced from a Quail map. 165.120.185.61 (talk) 20:02, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Quail shows Lavington as 88 mi from Paddington, the western end of the viaduct at 86 mi and the eastern end at 86 mi. Per WP:V, do you have another reliable source? -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 23:06, 10 February 2019 (UTC)