Falmouth Town Railway Station
Falmouth Town station is the most central railway station in Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is on the Maritime Line, 11.75 miles (18.9 km) from Truro. It is unstaffed but operated, along with the trains, by First Great Western. Despite only being opened in 1970, the station has already been known by three different names: Falmouth, The Dell, and Falmouth Town.
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Shield all thy roofs and towers!
God with the fathers, so with us,
Thou darling town of ours!”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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