Cornish Main Line

Legend miles from London via Castle Cary Reading-Plymouth line to London 225.75 Plymouth Millbay branch Pennycomequick (or Cornwall Loop) Viaduct Millbay branch LSWR route Wingfield Villas Halt 227.00 Devonport (limited service) Devonport Tunnel 227.50 Dockyard (Tamar Valley Line trains) Keyham Viaduct Ford Halt 228.00 Keyham (Tamar Valley Line trains) Devonport Dockyard branch (goods) Weston Mill Viaduct Junction for Tamar Valley Line 228.75 St Budeaux Ferry Rd (limited service) Tamar Valley Line passes underneath To Gunnislake Royal Albert Bridge and River Tamar 230.00 Saltash Coombe by Saltash Viaduct Defiance Platform Wearde (original route to St Germans, now closed) Forder Viaduct Shilingham (or Wivelscombe) Tunnel (451 yards) Nottar Viaduct St Germans Viaduct 235.00 St Germans (camping coaches) Tresulgan Viadcut Coldrennick Viaduct 240.25 Menheniot (limited service) Treviddo Viaduct Carthuther Viaduct Bolitho Viaduct Liskeard Viaduct Transfer siding to Looe Valley Line 243.50 Liskeard Coombe station Moorswater Viaduct Westwood Viaduct St Pinnock Viaduct (single line) Largin Viaduct (single line) West Largin Viaduct Derrycombe Viaduct Clinnick Viaduct Penadlake Viaduct Glyn Valley Siding 252.75 Bodmin Parkway railway station Bodmin and Wenford Railway Brownqueen Tunnel (88 yards) Lostwithiel 256.00 Lostwithiel River Fowey Fowey Branch Milltown Viaduct Treverrin Tunnel (565 yards) 260.50 Par Atlantic Coast Line to Newquay St Blazey Par Harbour 265.00 St Austell Lansalson branch line St Austell Viaduct Trenance Siding Gover Viaduct Burngullow Drinnick Mill Branch Burngullow Coombe St Stephen Viaduct Fal Viaduct Grampound Road Probus and Ladock Tregagle Viaduct Polperro Tunnel Buckshead Tunnel Truro Viaduct Carvedras Viaduct 279.50 Truro Higher Town Tunnel Penwithers Junction Maritime Line to Falmouth Newham Branch Chacewater Viaduct Chacewater To Newquay Scorrier Drump Lane (goods) 288.50 Redruth Redruth Viaduct Redruth Jn. (Reduth & Tresavean branches) Portreath branch Carn Brea North Crofty Branch Dulcoath Roskear Branch Roskear Junction 292.00 Camborne Penponds Viaduct Helston Railway Gwinear Road Original Hayle Railway route to Hayle Angarrack Viaduct Guildford Viaduct 298.00 Hayle {camping coach Hayle Wharves Hayle Viaduct St Ives Bay Line to St Ives 299.50 St Erth Marazion (single line to Penzance) Long Rock Penzance TMD 305.25 Penzance

The Royal Albert Bridge

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The station, looking northeastward Saltash railway station serves the town of Saltash in Cornwall, UK. It is situated on the south side of the town between the Royal Albert Bridge over the River Tamar and Coombe Viaduct which spans a small tributary of the same river. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 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Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Looe Valley Line is a railway line from Liskeard to Looe in Cornwall, UK. The line follows the shores of the River Looe for much of its course. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Liskeard station serves the town of Liskeard in Cornwall, it is the junction for the branch to Looe. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Coombe railway station serves the town of Coombe in Cornwall. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 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Lostwithiel railway station serves the town of Lostwithiel in Cornwall. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The River Fowey is a river in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway opened in 1869 as a broad gauge (7 ft 0. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 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Par is a village in india, located several miles north of St Austell. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The station in the evening, looking west St Austell Station serves the town of St Austell, Cornwall, UK. The station is operated by Wessex Trains as is every other station in Cornwall. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Lansalson branch line (also known as the Trenance valley line) is a railway line built by the GWR to serve the china clay industry in the Trenance valley near St Austell in Cornwall, South West England. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 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The main entrance to the station Truro Station serves the city of Truro, Cornwall, UK. It is the junction for the Maritime Line to Falmouth. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Maritime Line is a railway line from Truro to Falmouth in Cornwall, UK. The line travels close to the River Fal for some of its length. ... Looking up the line from the buffers Falmouth Docks station in Falmouth, Cornwall is the terminus of the Maritime Line to Truro, the services are operated by Wessex Trains. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 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Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Redruth Station serves the town of Redruth, Cornwall, UK. The station is operated by Wessex Trains as is every other station in Cornwall. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Portreath: haven when the tide is out Portreath harbour mole: can be rough when the tide is in - May 2006 Portreath is a village and civil parish in the Kerrier district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. ... 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Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Hayle Railway was an early Cornish railway, built to standard gauge, and opened in 1837. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Looking east Hayle Station serves the town of Hayle, Cornwall, UK. Acess between the platforms is via a barrow crossing, which is unusual for a mainline with express services not stopping at the station. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 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Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Cornwall (Cornish: ) is a county in South West England, United Kingdom, on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar and Devon. ...

The line was completed in 1859 with the opening of the Cornwall Railway from Plymouth to Truro, where it linked with the earlier West Cornwall Railway on to Penzance. There were no through passeneger services until 1867 due to a break of gauge at Truro - the Cornwall Railway had been built to the 7 ft 0¼ in (2140 mm) broad gauge, while the older line was to 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) standard gauge. The Cornwall Railway was a broad gauge railway (7 feet 0. ... Plymouth is a city of 243,795 inhabitants (2001 census) in the south-west of England, or alternatively the West Country, and is situated within the traditional and ceremonial county of Devon at the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar and at the head of one of the world... Truro (pronounced ; Cornish: Truru) is a city in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. ... Was a former Railway Company operating in West Cornwall, UK. The company was formed in 1844 to opererate the existing service between the towns of Hayle and Redruth and the extend the railway line as far as Penzance. ... Penzance Harbour and surrounding area as seen from the air Penzance (Cornish: Pensans) is a civil parish and port town in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, UK. Granted various Royal Charters from 1512 onwards and incorporated in 1614,[2] it has a population of 21,168[1] people and... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, ″ - a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. ...

The route is characterised by the large number of viaducts, but the most significant structure is the Royal Albert Bridge which crosses the River Tamar at Saltash. At Truro the viaducts give sweeping views of the city and River Fal, while further west the North coast can be seen near Hayle before the line swings onto the South coast for the last mile or so along the beach at Marazion, giving a good view of St Michael's Mount. {{, Brunel truss bridge, and lenticular truss The Royal Albert bridge in 1859 The Royal Albert bridge seen from Saltash railway station Royal Albert Bridge seen from the Tamar Bridge. ... The Tamar is a river in south western England, that forms most of the border between Devon (to the east) and Cornwall (to the west). ... Location within the British Isles Saltash (Cornish: Essa) is a town in Cornwall, UK. It has a population of about 16,000. ... The River Fal flows through Cornwall, the United Kingdom, rising near Truro and reaching the English Channel at Falmouth. ... Hayle (Cornish: Heyl) is a town and civil parish in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, UK. The parish was created in 1888 from part of the now defunct Phillack parish, with which it was later combined in 1935, and incorporated part of St Erth in 1937. ... Marazion (Cornish: Marghasyow) is a civil parish and town in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, UK. It lies on the shores of Mounts Bay, two miles east of Penzance and is served by the Great Western Railway. ... St. ...

Communities served

• Plymouth (including the suburbs of Devonport and St Budeaux)
• Saltash
• St Germans
• Menheniot
• Liskeard
• Lostwithiel
• Par
• St Austell
• Truro
• Redruth
• Camborne
• Hayle
• St Erth
• Penzance

The railway stations at St Austell and Penzance are adjacent to bus stations. In addition, integrated bus services operate from: Plymouth is a city of 243,795 inhabitants (2001 census) in the south-west of England, or alternatively the West Country, and is situated within the traditional and ceremonial county of Devon at the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar and at the head of one of the world... Devonport, in Devon, was formerly called Plymouth Dock. ... St. ... Location within the British Isles Saltash (Cornish: Essa) is a town in Cornwall, UK. It has a population of about 16,000. ... St Germans priory. ... Menheniot is a small village and civil parish in the Caradon district of Cornwall. ... Liskeard, an ancient Stannary and market town at the head of the River Looe valley in southeast Cornwall, UK, is the administrative centre of the Caradon District. ... Lostwithiel is a small town in Cornwall, England at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey. ... Par is a village in india, located several miles north of St Austell. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Truro (pronounced ; Cornish: Truru) is a city in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. ... Map sources for Redruth at grid reference SW700420 Redruth (Cornish: Rysrudh) is a town in the south-west of Cornwall, Britain. ... Not to be confused with Cambourne in Cambridgeshire. ... Hayle (Cornish: Heyl) is a town and civil parish in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, UK. The parish was created in 1888 from part of the now defunct Phillack parish, with which it was later combined in 1935, and incorporated part of St Erth in 1937. ... Map sources for St Erth at grid reference SW544356 St Erth (Cornish: Lannudhno/Praze Pras) stands at the old crossing point of the river Hayle, in the west of Cornwall. ... Penzance Harbour and surrounding area as seen from the air Penzance (Cornish: Pensans) is a civil parish and port town in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, UK. Granted various Royal Charters from 1512 onwards and incorporated in 1614,[2] it has a population of 21,168[1] people and...

• Bodmin Parkway to Bodmin, Wadebridge, and Padstow
• St Austell to The Eden Project
• Redruth to Helston and RNAS Culdrose

Branch lines link: Bodmin (Cornish: Bosvenegh) is a town in Cornwall, England, UK, with a population of 12,778 (2001 census). ... Location within the British Isles Wadebridge (Cornish: Ponsrys) is a market town in North Cornwall, England with a population of 6 222 (Census 2001). ... Location within the British Isles Padstow (Cornish: Lannwedhenek) is a small town on the north coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom, approximately 14 miles east of Newquay, at the mouth of the River Camel (Grid reference SW919754). ... The Eden Project Inside the tropical Biome The Eden Project is a large-scale environmental complex near St Austell, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. ... Helston (Cornish: Hellys or Henlys) is a small town and civil parish in the Kerrier district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, at the northern end of the Lizard Peninsula. ... Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose (HMS Seahawk), based in Cornwall, has three major roles: serving the Fleet Air Arms front line squadrons; providing search and rescue for the South West region; and training specialists for the Royal Navy. ...

• Plymouth to Bere Alston, Calstock, and Gunnislake
• Liskeard to Looe
• Par to Newquay
• Truro to Penryn and Falmouth
• St Erth to St Ives

Bere Alston is a small village in the county of Devon, United Kingdom. ... The village seen from a train on the viaduct Calstock is a village and parish in south east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, on the border with Devon. ... Gunnislake (or Lynngonna, its Cornish name) is the first village in Cornwall. ... Statistics Population: 5,280 (Parish, 2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SX254533 Administration Parish: Looe District: Caradon Shire county: Cornwall Region: South West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Cornwall Historic county: Cornwall Services Police force: Devon and Cornwall Constabulary Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance... The town should not be confused with New Quay in Wales. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The original Falmouth is in Cornwall in the United Kingdom. ... St Ives harbour and the local rescue lifeboat. ...

See also

• Great Western Main Line

Maidenhead Railway Bridge The Great Western Main Line is a main line railway in England, which includes routes westwards from London to South Wales, Cornwall and other districts. ...

References

• MacDermot, E T (1931). History of the Great Western Railway, volume II 1863-1921. London: Great Western Railway.