Two more places with two stations: St Budeaux and Heath

Saturday 25th April 2026 Former TfW 175007, now with GWR, enters the spartan eastbound St Budeaux Ferry Road platform. And so to the penultimate blog in this over running series which began as a fortnightly feature for 2025 exploring places around Britain which have the benefit of two railway stations on different lines offering different destinations. Both this time’s pairs are located in defined suburbs in larger cities, namely Plymouth and Cardiff. I’ve visited both this past week to take a look at what are four very basic stations but both having a claim to fame that they are (absolutely and literally) within a stone’s throw of each other. One definitely beats Wigan North Western and Wigan Wallgate for closeness and the other is a strong rival. First up is St Budeaux situated on the western side of Plymouth just beyond Devonport and Keyham. St Budeaux Ferry Road is on the Great Western main line which continues westwards over the Royal Albert Bridge into Cornwall and enjoys two…