Cornish Main Line - Route

Route

[ ] Cornish Main Line
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miles from London via Castle Cary
Main Line to London
225.75 Plymouth
Plymouth Millbay
Millbay Docks
Pennycomequick Viaduct
Cornwall Loop Junction
Devonport Junction(to LSWR)
Wingfield Villas Halt
Devonport Kings Road(LSWR)
Stonehouse Pool Docks
227.00 Devonport
Albert Road Halt(LSWR)
Devonport Tunnel
227.50 Dockyard
Keyham Viaduct
Ford(LSWR)
Ford Platform
228.00 Keyham
Devonport Dockyard branch
Camels Head Halt(LSWR)
Weston Mill Viaduct
Bullpoint Siding
Weston Mill Halt(LSWR)
228.75 St Budeaux Ferry Road
St Budeaux Victoria Road
Tamar Valley Line & LSWR to Exeter
Royal Albert Bridge (River Tamar)
230.00 Saltash
Coombe by Saltash Viaduct
Defiance Platform
Original line until 1906
Forder Viaduct
Shilingham (Wivelscombe) Tunnel
Grove Viaduct
Nottar Viaduct
St Germans Viaduct
235.00 St Germans
Tresulgan Viadcut
Coldrennick Viaduct
240.25 Menheniot
Treviddo Viaduct
Carthuther Viaduct
Bolitho Viaduct
Liskeard Viaduct
243.50 Liskeard
Looe Valley Line
Coombe Junction Halt
Moorswater depot and Viaduct
Sperritt Tunnel
Westwood Viaduct
St Pinnock Viaduct
Largin Viaduct
West Largin Viaduct
Derrycombe Viaduct
Clinnick Viaduct
Penadlake Viaduct
Glyn Valley Siding
252.75 Bodmin Parkway
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
St Blazey
Par Harbour
265.00 St Austell
St Austell Viaduct
Lansalson branch line
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
Truro (Newham)
279.50 Truro
Higher Town Tunnel
Maritime Line
Chacewater Viaduct
Chacewater
Truro and Newquay Railway
Scorrier
Drump Lane
Redruth Tunnel
288.50 Redruth
Redruth Viaduct
Redruth & Tresavean branches
Portreath branch
Carn Brea
Dulcoath
Dolcoath Halt
Roskear Branch
Roskear Junction
292.00 Camborne
Penponds Viaduct
Helston Railway
Penponds
Gwinear Road
Original Hayle Railway route to Hayle
Angarrack viaduct
Angarrack
Copperhouse Halt
298.00 Hayle
Hayle Wharves
Hayle Viaduct
St Ives Bay Line
299.50 St Erth
Marazion
Long Rock
Penzance TMD
305.25 Penzance

The communities served are: Plymouth (including the suburbs of Devonport and St Budeaux); Saltash; St Germans; Menheniot; Liskeard; Bodmin; Lostwithiel; Par; St Austell; Truro; Redruth; Camborne; Hayle; St Erth; Penzance. In addition branch lines link Plymouth with Bere Alston, Calstock, and Gunnislake; Liskeard with Looe; Par with Newquay; Truro with Penryn and Falmouth; and St Erth with St Ives.

The railway stations at St Austell and Penzance are adjacent to bus stations. In addition, integrated bus services operate from Bodmin Parkway to Bodmin, Wadebridge, and Padstow; from St Austell to The Eden Project; and from Redruth to Helston and RNAS Culdrose.

The route has a 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.

The 7.5-mile (12.1 km) section of single track between Burngullow, near St Austell, and Probus, near Truro, used to be a major cause of delays in the region, requiring trains to wait for preceding trains to clear the singled section before proceeding. The second track was restored in August 2004. The total cost of the project was £14.3 million and was funded by Objective One, Strategic Rail Authority and Cornwall County Council.

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