Redruth railway station
General information | |
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Location | Redruth, Cornwall England |
Coordinates | 50°13′59″N 5°13′34″W / 50.233°N 5.226°W |
Grid reference | SW700420 |
Managed by | Great Western Railway |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | RED |
Classification | DfT category D |
History | |
Original company | West Cornwall Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
Opened | 1852 |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 0.328 million |
2019/20 | 0.342 million |
2020/21 | 0.124 million |
2021/22 | 0.304 million |
2022/23 | 0.329 million |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Redruth station (Cornish: Redrudh) serves the town of Redruth, Cornwall, United Kingdom, and is situated on the Cornish Main Line between Truro and Camborne. The station is 309 miles 68 chains (309.85 mi; 498.7 km) from the zero point at London Paddington measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay.[1]
Great Western Railway manage the station and operate most of the trains, with some others provided by CrossCountry.
History
First station
Located at 50°13′54″N 5°13′57″W / 50.23157°N 5.23255°W
The Hayle Railway opened a station on the west side of Redruth on 31 May 1838. The railway had been built to move goods to and from local mines and the harbours at Hayle and Portreath. A passenger service started on 26 May 1843; nearly 200 people travelled on the first train from Redruth to Hayle.[2]
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Terminus | Hayle Railway | Pool
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Second station
The
The original Hayle Railway station became a goods depot when the new WCR station opened, access to it being controlled by 'Redruth Junction'
The original 489 feet (149 m) viaduct was built in timber to the designs of
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Scorrier eastbound
Cornish Main Line |
Great Western Railway | Carn Brea westbound
Cornish Main Line |
Stationmasters
- J.G. Bone ca. 1863 - 1865 (afterwards station master at Penzance)
- John Lovell ca. 1871 - 1896[7]
- Alfred Uren 1896[8] - 1912[9] (formerly station master at Exeter St Thomas)
- C.H.W. Isaac 1912[10] - 1926 (formerly station master at Hayle)
- Joseph Mortlock Williams 1926 - 1935[11]
- F.R. Sherman 1935 - 1950Carn Brea)
- William Thomas John Protheroe 1950 - 1953[13]
- A.C. Smith 1953 - 1954[14] (afterwards station master at Falmouth)
- Marcel H. Kingdon 1954 - 1965[15]
Description
Platform 1, the westbound platform, is used by trains towards St Erth and Penzance. Platform 2 is used by trains towards Truro, Plymouth, Exeter,London Paddington and Bristol.
The station is on the side of a hill with the road climbing steeply from beneath the viaduct at the west end of the station, to climb over the tunnel at the east end. Where the road and railway are on the same level is the entrance to the station. The main offices are on the eastbound platform and a footbridge to the westbound platform spans the tracks near the entrance. There is step-free access to this platform from an approach road on that side of the line. Buses call at the main entrance to the eastbound platform. A car park is also on this side of the station between the main building and the viaduct on the site formerly occupied by the goods shed.
Services
Redruth is served by all
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Camborne | Great Western Railway Cornish Main Line |
Truro | ||
Camborne | CrossCountry Cornish Main Line |
Truro |
See also
References
- ISBN 978-1-9996271-0-2.
- ^ ISBN 0-85361-589-6.
- ^ ISBN 0-906899-56-7.
- ^ ISBN 0-946184-53-4.
- ISBN 9780300126686.
- ^ Cooke, R A (1977). Track Layout Diagrams of the GWR and BR WR: Section 10, West Cornwall. Harwell: R A Cooke.
- ^ "Local News". Cornubian and Redruth Times. England. 31 July 1896. Retrieved 5 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1835-1910 Clerks Vol.5". Great Western Railway: 543. 1835. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Funeral at Redruth". Western Daily Mercury. England. 25 March 1912. Retrieved 5 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Mr. C.H.W. Isaac". West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. England. 23 May 1912. Retrieved 5 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Cornish Stationmaster's Death". Cornishman. England. 25 July 1935. Retrieved 5 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Stationmaster at Redruth". Cornishman. England. 26 January 1960. Retrieved 5 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Death of Former Redruth Stationmaster". West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. England. 6 December 1956. Retrieved 5 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "New Stationmaster". West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. England. 1 July 1954. Retrieved 5 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Station-Masters Retire at Camborne and Redruth". West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. England. 2 September 1965. Retrieved 5 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Table 51 & 135 National Rail timetable, May 2019
External links
- Train times and station information for Redruth railway station from National Rail