Description
The main building is on the south side of the line, nearest the town centre and facing the bus station; it dates from 2000. It contains a booking office and shop. This is Platform 1 and is used by trains running from east to west so is the arrival platform for services from London Paddington and Plymouth and departure platform for Truro and Penzance.
Platform 2 is used by trains running from west to east. An historic footbridge links the two platforms, but step-free entry can be had on either. The wooden building on this platform dates from Great Western Railway days. The station car park is situated behind this platform, as is a passenger-operated self-service ticket machine installed in 2007.
To reach the town from the main entrance, turn right alongside the railway line and turn left down the hill by the footbridge.
At the east end of the platform is a road bridge carrying Carlyon Road over the line and beyond this is a small cutting which is spanned by a footbridge. The original bridge survived for almost 150 years; it was extended when the extra line was laid in 1931 to the new goods yard, but both sections have now been replaced by Network Rail's prototype modular fibre reinforced polymer footbridge.
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