Editing Tamar Valley Line (section)

==Route==
[[File:Royal Albert Bridge 153382.jpg|thumb|left|Passing under the [[Royal Albert Bridge|Royal Albert]] and [[Tamar Bridge|Tamar]] bridges at St Budeaux]]
'''Communities served:''' [[Plymouth]] (including the suburbs of [[Devonport, Devon|Devonport]] and [[St Budeaux|St&nbsp;Budeaux]]) – [[Bere Ferrers]] – [[Bere Alston]] – [[Calstock]] – [[Gunnislake]]

The entire route is supervised from the signalling centre at Plymouth. Trains heading towards Gunnislake must collect the branch [[token (railway signalling)|train staff]] from a secure cabinet on the platform at {{stnlnk|St Budeaux Victoria Road}} before proceeding as the line is operated on the [[Signalling block system#One train working|one train working]] system with only a single unit allowed on the branch at a time. Conversely the staff has to be returned to the cabinet by the driver on the return journey before the unit can leave the branch and return to Plymouth.<ref>{{cite web | last = Fenton| first = Mike| title = Branch line Focus: Rails to Gunnislake| work = The Railway Magazine| publisher = Mortons Media Group Ltd | url = https://www.railwaymagazine.co.uk/branch-line-focus-rails-to-gunnislake/ | date = 5 May 2017| access-date = 17 August 2017}}</ref> This operation was shown in an episode of the Channel 5 documentary series "The Railway - First Great Western" in October 2013.

There is a small railway museum adjacent to [[Bere Ferrers railway station]] which includes a number of [[Camping coach|converted rail coaches available for holiday let]]. The station sign on the signal box uses the older spelling of 'Beer Ferrers'.

The section between Bere Ferrers and [[Calstock Viaduct]] is on the Bere peninsula, between river Tavy (crossed by the [[Tavy Bridge]]) and the river Tamar. The driver changes ends of the train at the old junction station of {{stnlnk|Bere Alston}}.

The most southerly road bridge across the Tamar in the [[Gunnislake]] area is the [[A390 road]] which makes the railway is the quickest way of getting into the city of [[Plymouth]]. The next crossing down river is the [[Tamar Bridge]] at [[Saltash]].