Timeline: Devon and Cornwall Railways
From Graces Guide
| Date | Detail | |
| 1834 Sep 30 | Bodmin to Wadebridge opened | Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway |
| 1837 Dec 29 | Hayle to Portreath opened | Hayle Railway |
| 1838 | Portreath to Redruth opened | Hayle Railway |
| 1844 | Liskard to Caradon (Mineral railway) opened | Liskeard and Caradon Railway |
| 1844 May 1 | Bristol and Exeter Railway arrived in Exeter. | Bristol and Exeter Railway |
| 1846 May 30 | Exeter to Teignmouth opened | South Devon Railway |
| 1846 Dec 30 | Teignmouth to Newton Abbot opened | South Devon Railway |
| 1847 Jun 20 | Newton Abbott to Totnes opened | South Devon Railway |
| 1847 Sep 09 | Atmospheric Railway commenced operating | |
| 1848 May 05 | Totnes to Laira Green opened | South Devon Railway |
| 1848 Sep 09 | Atmospheric railway ceased operating | |
| 1848 Dec 18 | Newton Abbot to Torre opened | South Devon Railway |
| 1849 Apr 02 | Laira Green to Plymouth opened | South Devon Railway |
| 1850 | Plymouth to Plymouth Docks opened | South Devon Railway |
| 1851 May 12 | Exeter to Crediton opened | London and South Western Railway |
| 1852 Mar 11 | Penzance to Redruth opened | West Cornwall Railway |
| 1853 | Extended to Sutton Pool by conversion to broad gauge of the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway | South Devon Railway |
| 1854 Aug 01 | Credition to Bideford opened | London and South Western Railway |
| 1859 Jun 22 | Plymouth to Tavistock opened | South Devon and Tavistock Railway |
| 1859 | Plymouth to Truro opened | Cornwall Railway |
| 1859 | Torre to Paignton opened | Dartmouth and Torbay Railway |
| 1860 Dec 27 | Moorswater to Looe opened | Liskeard and Looe Railway |
| 1861 | Paignton to Churston opened | Dartmouth and Torbay Railway |
| 1862 | London and South Western Railway arrived at the new St. David's Railway Station | London and South Western Railway |
| 1863 | Truro to Falmouth | Cornwall Railway |
| 1864 Aug 16 | Churston to Kingswear opened | Dartmouth and Torbay Railway |
| 1865 Jun 01 | Tavistock to Launceston opened | Launceston and South Devon Railway |
| 1865 Nov 01 | Coleford Junction to North Tawton opened | Devon and Cornwall Railway |
| 1866 Jul 04 | Newton Abbot to Mortonhampstead opened (12.25 miles) | Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway |
| 1867 | Branch to Keyham Dockyard | Cornwall Railway |
| 1868 | Churston to Brixham opened | Torbay and Brixham Railway |
| 1871 Jun 08 | Watchet Junction (later Norton Fitzwarren) to Wiveliscombe (7.25 miles) opened | Devon and Somerset Railway |
| 1872 | Dartmouth and Torbay Railway amalgamated with the South Devon Railway | |
| 1873 Nov 01 | Wiveliscombe to Barnstaple (35.75 miles) opened | Devon and Somerset Railway |
| 1874 Oct 12 | North Tawton to Lydford opened | |
| 1876 | Loop line opened in Plymouth | Cornwall Railway |
| 1876 | South Devon Railway amalgamated with the Great Western Railway | South Devon Railway |
| 1877 Jun 01 | St. Erth to St. Ives opened (4.25 miles) | Great Western Railway |
| 1883 | Torbay and Brixham Railway sold to the Great Western Railway | Torbay and Brixham Railway |
| 1884 Aug 01 | Morebath Junction to Tiverton | Tiverton and North Devon Railway |
| 1885 May 01 | Stoke Cannon to Tiverton | Exe Valley Railway |
| 1887 May 09 | Gwinear to Helston | Helston Railway |
| 1889 | Cornwall Railway bought by the GWR | Cornwall Railway |
| 1892 May 21 | All broad gauge lines officially converted to standard | |
| 1898 Jan 15 | Yealmpton to Plymouth opened | |
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