Carbis Bay railway station
railway station in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, England, UK
Carbis Bay railway station is on the St Ives Bay Line in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom and serves the village and beach of Carbis Bay, a community that only adopted this name after the arrival of the railway in 1877. Carbis Viaduct is situated on the St Ives (west) side of the station. It is the penultimate station on the line, between St Ives and Lelant, and is sited 323 miles 78 chains (521.4 km) from London Paddington, measured via St Erth, Plymouth Millbay and Box.
History
The station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 1 June 1877 on their new branch line from St Erth to St Ives. The location of the station proved popular with visitors and the small farms around Wheal Providence mine expanded to become the village of Carbis Bay, named after the station. The station buildings were at the top of the shallow cutting in which the station is built. In 1899, the former station master Richard James was sentenced to 14 days in Bodmin prison for begging after he had got into difficulty through drink and being found begging for alms.
Goods traffic was withdrawn in May 1956.
In June 2021, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Network Rail Chairman Peter Hendy unveiled a station sign, made of old railway sleepers, stones and seashells, as the 47th G7 summit took place in Carbis Bay.
Carbis Viaduct
Carbis Viaduct is a short distance beyond the station towards St Ives.
The public source identifies “Carbis Bay railway station” as railway station in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, England, UK. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Carbis, railway and station.
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