Camborne railway station
railway station in Cornwall, England, UK
Camborne railway station serves the town of Camborne, in Cornwall, England. It is 313 miles 40 chains (313.5 mi; 504.5 km) from London Paddington (measured via Box and the former station at Plymouth Millbay). The station is managed by Great Western Railway, which operates most services along with CrossCountry.
History
The Hayle Railway opened on 23 December 1837, which was designed to move goods to and from local mines and the harbours at Hayle and Portreath. The station itself was opened in 1843 by the West Cornwall Railway with passenger services starting on 26 May of that year. The West Cornwall Railway took over the Hayle company on 3 November 1846; it extended the line westwards to Penzance and opened a new and more convenient Redruth station on 11 March 1852.
Later that year, the line was continued eastwards to a temporary station at Truro Highertown and was completed to a station at Newham Wharf in 1855.
The station buildings were replaced by some in the style used by the Great Western Railway in circa 1900. The railway was originally just a single track, with a passing loop in the station. In 1895, a second line was laid to the east and, in 1900, to the west.
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