![]() Looking towards Truro railway station | |
General information | |
Location | Penryn, Cornwall England |
Coordinates | 50°10′12″N5°06′40″W / 50.170°N 5.111°W |
Grid reference | SW779346 |
Managed by | Great Western Railway |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | PYN |
Classification | DfT category F1 |
History | |
Original company | Cornwall Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
Opened | 24 August 1863 |
Re-sited | 24 June 1923 |
Passengers | |
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Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Penryn railway station (Cornish :Pennrynn) is on the Maritime Line between Truro and Falmouth Docks,and serves the town of Penryn,Cornwall as well as Penryn Campus (formerly known as Tremough Campus).
The station was opened on 24 August 1863 when the Cornwall Railway opened the line from Truro to Falmouth,it was sometimes known as Penryn for Helston. [1] [2]
It originally had 2 platforms either side of a passing loop,a goods shed with several sidings to south,one of which was equipped with a 2-ton crane,the yard was able to accommodate live stock and most types of goods. [3] [4] [5]
On 24 June 1923 the station was relocated nearby. The station was host to a GWR camp coach from 1934 to 1938. [6]
The station layout was rationalised to just a single platform when the line was being run by British Rail.
On Monday 8 April 2013 Pay and display was introduced for the station car park. [7]
A new 400-metre (440 yd) passing loop was installed in 2008, [8] being brought into use in 2009 before the new timetable commenced on 17 May as this called for two trains to be in operation on the branch for most of the day. [9] To pay for this work £4.67million was provided from European Union funds,£2.5million from Cornwall Council,and £600,000 from Network Rail. [10] The new works were formally opened by Kevin Lavery,the Chief Executive of Cornwall Council,on 18 May 2009. [11]
When constructing the loop a novel approach was adopted which avoided the building of a footbridge and works to the disused platform. The formerly disused northern end of the platform has been reinstated,and is now called Platform 2,and an extension has been built onto the southern end which is now called Platform 1. The middle section of the platform is now used to pass between the two. The extension and reinstatement creates a single platform of 238 metres (781 ft) in length;the southern end of the loop joins the main branch at the northern end of Platform 1. New modern shelters have been built on each platform,and the brick shelter from 1998 still exists.
The disused platform on the far side of the loop line was formerly used by northbound trains towards Truro.
Signals are controlled from the signal box at Truro. Axle counters allow one train to be in the section between Penwithers Junction and Penryn,and another between Penryn and Falmouth Docks. The Up and Down Branch line (the platform line) is signalled for trains in either direction;the Down Loop is only signalled for trains towards Falmouth. [12]
All trains on the Maritime Line are operated by Great Western Railway. They run seven days each week and operate every half-hour Monday to Saturday daytime and hourly at other times. Trains are scheduled to depart simultaneously for Truro and Falmouth.
Preceding station | ![]() | Following station | ||
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Perranwell | Great Western Railway Maritime Line | Penmere |
The railway from Truro to Falmouth is designated as a community rail line and is supported by marketing provided by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership. The line is promoted under the "Maritime Line" name. [13]
The Atlantic Coast Line is a 20+3⁄4-mile (33 km) Network Rail branch line which includes a community railway service in Cornwall,England. The line runs from the English Channel at Par,to the Atlantic Ocean at Newquay.
The Maritime Line is a railway line that runs in the valley of the River Fal from Truro,the county town,to Falmouth on the south coast of Cornwall,England.
The Felixstowe branch line is a railway branch line in Suffolk,England,that connects the Great Eastern Main Line to Felixstowe and its port.
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Trimley railway station is on the Felixstowe Branch Line in the east of England,serving the village of Trimley St. Mary,Suffolk. It is 14 miles 5 chains (22.6 km) down the line from Ipswich and 82 miles 64 chains (133.3 km) measured from London Liverpool Street;it is situated between Derby Road and Felixstowe. Its three-letter station code is TRM.
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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 309 miles 68 chains from the zero point at London Paddington measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay.
The Cornwall Railway was a 7 ft 1⁄4 in broad gauge railway from Plymouth in Devon to Falmouth in Cornwall,England,built in the second half of the nineteenth century. It was constantly beset with shortage of capital for the construction,and was eventually forced to sell its line to the dominant Great Western Railway.
Perranwell station is on the Maritime Line between Truro and Falmouth Docks in south-west England. The station is managed by,and the services are operated by,Great Western Railway.
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Falmouth Town railway station is the most central of the stations in Falmouth,Cornwall,England. It is unstaffed;the station and the trains are operated by Great Western Railway. Despite only being opened in 1970,the station has been known by three different names:Falmouth,The Dell,and Falmouth Town.
Falmouth Docks railway station is situated in Falmouth,Cornwall,England. It was opened in 1863 as the terminus of the Maritime Line from Truro,although since 1970 Falmouth Town has been the principal station for the town. Services are operated by Great Western Railway,who also manage the station.
The West Cornwall Railway was a railway company in Cornwall,Great Britain,formed in 1846 to construct a railway between Penzance and Truro. It purchased the existing Hayle Railway,and improved its main line,and built new sections between Penzance and Hayle,and between Redruth and Truro,and opened throughout in 1852.
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