St Ives is a seaside town,civil parish and port in Cornwall,England. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea. In former times it was commercially dependent on fishing. The decline in fishing,however,caused a shift in commercial emphasis,and the town is now primarily a popular seaside resort,notably achieving the title of Best UK Seaside Town from the British Travel Awards in both 2010 and 2011. St Ives was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1639. St Ives has become renowned for its number of artists. It was named best seaside town of 2007 by The Guardian newspaper.
Carbis Bay is a seaside resort and village in Cornwall,England. It lies 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of St Ives,on the western coast of St Ives Bay,on the Atlantic coast. The South West Coast Path passes above the beach.
A park and ride,also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot,is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus,rail system,or carpool for the remainder of the journey. The vehicle is left in the parking lot during the day and retrieved when the owner returns. Park and rides are generally located in the suburbs of metropolitan areas or on the outer edges of large cities. A park and ride that only offers parking for meeting a carpool and not connections to public transport may also be called a park and pool.
The St Ives Bay Line is a 4.25 miles (6.84 km) railway line from St Erth to St Ives in Cornwall,England,United Kingdom. It was opened in 1877,the last new 7 ft broad gauge passenger railway to be constructed in the country. Converted to standard gauge in 1892,it continues to operate as a community railway,carrying tourists as well as local passengers. It has five stations including the junction with the Cornish Main Line at St Erth.
Par railway station serves the villages of Par,Tywardreath and St Blazey,Cornwall,England. The station is 282 miles (454 km) from London Paddington via Bristol Temple Meads. It is the junction for the Atlantic Coast Line to Newquay.
St Austell station is a Grade II listed station which serves the town of St Austell,Cornwall,England. It is 286 miles (460 km) from London Paddington via Bristol Temple Meads. The station is operated by Great Western Railway,as is every other station in Cornwall.
Truro railway station serves the city of Truro,Cornwall,England. The station is 301 miles (484 km) from London Paddington via Bristol Temple Meads. It is situated on the Cornish Main Line and is the junction for the Maritime Line to Falmouth Docks.
Redruth station serves the town of Redruth,Cornwall,United Kingdom,and is situated on the Cornish Main Line between Truro and Camborne. The station is 310 miles (500 km) from London Paddington via Bristol Temple Meads.
Camborne railway station serves the town of Camborne,Cornwall,England. The station is 313 miles (504 km) from London Paddington via Bristol Temple Meads. It is located on Trevu Road in the town,adjacent to a level crossing and the Railway Hotel.
St Erth railway station is a Grade II listed station situated at Rose-an-Grouse in Cornwall,United Kingdom. It serves the nearby village of St Erth,which is about 0.75 miles (1.21 km) away,and is the junction for the St Ives Bay Line to St Ives. The station is 321 miles (517 km) measured from London Paddington via Bristol Temple Meads.
St Ives railway station is a railway station which serves the coastal town of St Ives,Cornwall,England. It was opened in 1877 as the terminus of the last new broad gauge passenger railway to be constructed in the country. Converted to standard gauge in 1892,it is today served by Great Western Railway services on the St Ives Bay Line from St Erth. It is 325 miles (523 km) from London Paddington via Bristol Temple Meads.
Carbis Bay railway station is on the St Ives Bay Line in Cornwall,United Kingdom and serves the village and beach of Carbis Bay,a community that only adopted this name after the arrival of the railway in 1877. It is 324 miles (521 km) from London Paddington via Bristol Temple Meads. Carbis Viaduct is situated on the St Ives (west) side of the station.
Lelant railway station is on the waterfront of the Hayle estuary below the village of Lelant in Cornwall,United Kingdom. It is 322 miles (518 km) from London Paddington via Bristol Temple Meads.
Lelant is a village in west Cornwall,England,UK. It is on the west side of the Hayle Estuary,about 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) southeast of St Ives and one mile (1.6 km) west of Hayle. The village is part of St Ives civil parish,the Lelant and Carbis Bay ward on Cornwall Council,and also the St Ives Parliamentary constituency. The birth,marriage,and death registration district is Penzance. Its population at the 2011 census was 3,892 The South West Coast Path,which follows the coast of south west England from Somerset to Dorset passes through Lelant,along the estuary and above Porth Kidney Sands.
The Cornish Main Line is a railway line in Cornwall and Devon in the United Kingdom. It runs from Penzance to Plymouth,crossing from Cornwall into Devon over the famous Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash.
A rail ale trail is a marketing exercise in the United Kingdom that is designed to promote tourism to a rural area,by encouraging people to visit a series of pubs that are close to stations along a railway line. Participants are rewarded for visiting the pubs by train. In doing this they increase the number of passengers on the railway and bring money into the local economy. The scheme is often supported by the Campaign for Real Ale. The beer is usually brewed locally and many of the pubs offer food as well.
The Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership is the largest Community Rail Partnership in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1991 to promote the use of,and improvements to,rural railways in Devon and Cornwall,and also to promote the places served in order to improve the local economy.
The evolution of transport in Cornwall has been shaped by the county's strong maritime,mining and industrial traditions and much of the transport infrastructure reflects this heritage.
St Ives Bay is a bay on the Atlantic coast of north-west Cornwall,England,United Kingdom. It is in the form of a shallow crescent,some 4 miles or 6 km across,between St Ives in the west and Godrevy Head in the east.
The Helston Railway is a heritage railway in Cornwall which aims to rebuild and preserve as much as possible of the former GWR Helston Railway between Nancegollen and Water-Ma-Trout on the outskirts of Helston. It is operated by the Helston Railway Preservation Company using members of the Helston Railway Preservation Society.
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