Perranwell railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Perranwell | ||
| Local authority | Carrick, Cornwall | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | PRW | ||
| Managed by | First Great Western | ||
| Platforms in use | 1 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 9,936 | ||
| 2005/06 * | 9,545 | ||
| History | |||
| 24 August 1863 19 February 1864 |
Opened as Perran Renamed Perranwell |
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| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Perranwell from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Penrranwell station is on the Maritime Line from Truro to Falmouth Docks, the services are operated by First Great Western.
There is just one platform with level access from the car park. Trains towards Truro run from left to right; trains towards Falmouth Docks run from right to left.
[edit] History
The station was opened with the Cornwall Railway Falmouth extension on 24 August 1863. It was called Perran until it was renamed Perranwell on 19 February 1864 to avoid confusion with nearby Penryn.
The Cornwall Railway was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway on 1 July 1889. The Great Western Railway was nationalised into British Railways from 1 January 1948 which was in privatised in the 1990s.
The goods shed still stands in the forecourt despite goods traffic ceasing on 4 January 1965. A dry drinking fountain can be seen on the platform, a reminder of more important days. The signal box here was very distinctive, being sited on girders above the track alongside the goods shed.
A short distance on either side of the station, valleys had to be crossed on lofty timber viaducts. To the north, the 11 piers of the Carnon Viaduct crossed 96 feet above the Carnon valley and the Redruth and Chasewater Railway. In the other direction, trains crossed the smaller Perran Viaduct (56 feet high, 339 feet long).
In the 1980s the station had become run down with only a small aluminium shelter with polycarbonate panels offering protection for passengers. However, during the late 1990s a new brick waiting shelter was built as part of a refurbishment programme at all the "Maritime Line" stations.
[edit] References
- The records of the Cornwall Railway can be consulted at The National Archives at Kew.
- The Great Western Railway in Mid Cornwall, Alan Bennett, Kingfisher Railway Publications, Southampton 1988. ISBN 0-946184-53-4
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Perranwell railway station from National Rail
- British Railway Stations - Perranwell
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Truro | First Great Western Maritime Line |
Penryn | ||
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