Saltash is a town and civil parish in south Cornwall,England. It had a population of 16,184 in 2011 census. Saltash faces the city of Plymouth over the River Tamar and is popularly known as "the Gateway to Cornwall". Saltash’s landmarks include the Tamar Bridge which connects Plymouth to Cornwall by road,and the Royal Albert Bridge. The area of Latchbrook is part of the town.
Plymouth railway station serves the city of Plymouth,Devon,England. It is on the northern edge of the city centre,close to the North Cross roundabout. It is the second busiest station in the county of Devon and the largest of the six surviving stations in Plymouth.
Devonport railway station serves the Devonport area of Plymouth in Devon,England. It is 248 miles 28 chains (399.7 km) from London Paddington measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay. It is managed by Great Western Railway.
Dockyard railway station is a Great Western Railway suburban station on the Cornish Main Line in Devonport,Plymouth,England. As the name implies,it serves Devonport Dockyard. It is 248 miles 60 chains (400.3 km) from London Paddington via Box and Plymouth Millbay.
St Germans railway station serves the village of St Germans in Cornwall,England. The station is managed by Great Western Railway and is situated on the Cornish Main Line 10 miles 33 chains (16.8 km) from the line's northern terminus of Plymouth and 256 miles 28 chains (412.6 km) from London Paddington via Box and Plymouth Millbay. To the east of the station,the thirteen arch stone viaduct of 1908 takes the railway over the River Tiddy.
Menheniot railway station serves the village of Menheniot in Cornwall,England. It is 261 miles 61 chains (421.3 km) from London Paddington via Box and Plymouth Millbay.
Liskeard railway station serves the town of Liskeard in Cornwall,England. The station is approximately 18 miles (29 km) west of Plymouth on the Cornish Main Line and 264 miles 71 chains (426.3 km) from London Paddington via Box and Plymouth Millbay. It is the junction for the Looe Valley Line. The railway station is situated approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south-west of Liskeard town centre.
Bodmin Parkway railway station is on the Cornish Main Line that serves the nearby town of Bodmin and other parts of mid-Cornwall,England. It is situated 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of the town of Bodmin in the civil parish of St Winnow,274 miles 3 chains from London Paddington measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay. Network Rail’s National Rail Timetable dated May 2023 records the distance from London Paddington to Bodmin Parkway as 252.50 miles.
Par railway station serves the villages of Par,Tywardreath and St Blazey,Cornwall,England. The station is 281 miles 66 chains from the zero point at London Paddington measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay. 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 26 chains from the zero point at London Paddington measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay. The station is operated by Great Western Railway.
Truro railway station serves the city of Truro,Cornwall,England. The station is 300 miles 63 chains from the zero point at London Paddington measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay. 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 309 miles 68 chains from the zero point at London Paddington measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay.
Camborne railway station serves the town of Camborne,Cornwall,England. The station is 313 miles 40 chains from the zero point at London Paddington measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay.
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 320 miles 78 chains from the zero point at London Paddington measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay.
Penzance railway station serves the town of Penzance in west Cornwall,England. It is the terminus of the Cornish Main Line from Plymouth and situated 326 miles 50 chains from the zero point at London Paddington measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay. It is the southernmost railway station in Great Britain. The first station opened in 1852 and through travel to and from London commenced from 1859 with the opening of the Royal Albert Bridge. The station was rebuilt by the Great Western Railway in 1876 and the current layout was the result of a further rebuilding in the 1930s. As of 2023,the station is owned by Network Rail and managed by Great Western Railway who also operate train services there,together with CrossCountry.
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.
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.
There are seventeen disused railway stations on the Cornish Main Line between Plymouth in Devon and Penzance in Cornwall,England. The remains of nine of these can be seen from passing trains. While a number of these were closed following the so-called "Beeching Axe" in the 1960s,many of them had been closed much earlier,the traffic for which they had been built failing to materialise.
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.
The network of railways in Plymouth,Devon,England,was developed by companies affiliated to two competing railways,the Great Western Railway and the London and South Western Railway. At their height two main lines and three branch lines served 28 stations in the Plymouth area,but today just six stations remain in use.
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