Calstock railway station
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Location | Calstock, Cornwall England | ||||
Coordinates | 50°29′53″N 4°12′32″W / 50.498°N 4.209°W | ||||
Grid reference | SX433688 | ||||
Managed by | Great Western Railway | ||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | CSK | ||||
Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
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Calstock railway station (Cornish: Kalstok) is an unstaffed railway station on the Tamar Valley Line serving the village of Calstock in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated at the north end of Calstock Viaduct which carries the railway at high level over the River Tamar.[1]
History
The 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge
The Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway opened the station on 2 March 1908. This line was a branch from Bere Alston to Callington Road and crossed the River Tamar on Calstock Viaduct.[3]
A steam-powered
Fruit and flowers were an important part of the traffic carried on the railway and were still carried by train from Calstock until the mid-1970s.[4]
Platform layout
The single platform – on the right of trains arriving from Plymouth – is situated on a sharp curve which makes it difficult to see trains approaching from Gunnislake.
Services
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Calstock is served by trains on the Tamar Valley Line from Gunnislake to Plymouth. Connections with main line services can be made at Plymouth.
Preceding station | ![]() |
Following station | ||
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Bere Alston | Great Western Railway Tamar Valley Line |
Gunnislake |
Community railway
The railway from Plymouth to Gunnislake is designated as a
The Tamar Inn in Calstock is part of the Tamar Valley Line rail ale trail, which is designed to promote the use of the line.[5]
Calstock Viaduct
Calstock Viaduct | |
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Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | Calstock Viaduct |
Designated | 23 January 1968 |
Reference no. | 1138329 |
The viaduct is 120 feet (37 m) high with twelve 60 feet (18 m) wide arches, and a further small arch in the Calstock abutment. Three of the piers stand in the River Tamar, which is tidal at this point and has a minimum clearance at high tide of 110 feet (34 m).
It was built between 1904 and 1907 by John Lang of Liskeard using 11,148 concrete blocks. These were cast in a temporary yard on the Devon bank opposite the village. The engineers were Richard Church and W. R. Galbraith.
It is a
The construction of the viaduct provided the background to the 1939 novel The Viaduct by Victor Canning, set in the fictional village of Caradon which was closely modelled on Calstock.[7]
References
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- ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3
- ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
- ^ "Plymouth, Devonport & South Western Junction – Kent and East Sussex Railway". Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ISBN 978-1-4463-5830-6.
- ^ "Tamar Valley Line Rail Ale Trail". Great scenic railways - Devon & Cornwall. Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Name: CALSTOCK VIADUCT List entry Number: 1105516". Historic England. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ The Viaduct background
- Cheesman, AJ (1967). The Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway. Blandford Forum: Oakwood Press.
- Clinker, CR (1963). The Railways of Cornwall 1809 - 1963. Dawlish: David and Charles.
- Crombleholme, Roger; Gibson, Bryan; Stickey, Douglas; Whetmath, CFD (1985) [1967]. Callington Railways. Brackenll: Forge Books.
- Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership (2006), Tamar Valley Line Rail Ale Trail
- Parkhouse, Neil. "Building Calstock Viaduct". Archive (2): 33–54. ISSN 1352-7991.